hilarity

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Cheap at that At this juncture, when the hilarity was at its height and Mrs. Biggs was marching off with her property, which she said she should never pay for, Tim appeared, hatless and coatless, but with the box in his hand.

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  1. noun Great merriment.

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  • That took a while, especially as his hilarity was followed hard by a coughing fit that reminded Grady of a cat choking on a hairball Who is she? —  Michaels, Kasey - Too Good To Be True.html
  • Just as the hilarity is winding down and people are saying goodbye, you play parts of the evening over in your mind, and through the haze it occurs to you that you might have spent the whole night talking about yourself. —  News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio
  • Son was not impressed by my hilarity, and bought me up short by reminding me that 'it was alright for him as he had me to give them all the information, but the others weren't as lucky'. —  British Blogs
  • The messes her little ones create (such as knocking over an elderly matron with a shopping cart) are edgy hilarity, and there's a depth to the performance.
  • -- Along the lines of the Collette hilarity, the way the scene was shot with Tyra / Landry on the back porch and all the trashy stripper underwear hanging in the background. —  What's Alan Watching?
 

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merriment ·  jollity ·  glee ·  gaiety ·  revelry ·  elation ·  gladness ·  exuberance ·  applause ·  frolic ·  cheerfulness ·  levity
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  1. Middle English hilarite, good spirits, from Old French, from Latin hilaritās, from hilaris, cheerful, from Greek hilaros.

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  1. from Middle English hillaritee, from Old French hilarite, hilairete, French hilarité = Italian ilarità, from Latin hilarita(t-)s, cheerfulness, gaiety, from hilaris, cheerful: see hilarious.
 

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