hilarious
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin hilaris (“cheerful”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪˈlɛəɹiəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɪˈlɛ(ə)ɹiəs/
- (New England) IPA(key): /hɪˈlæɹiəs/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (New England, without the Mary–marry–merry merger): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs
Adjective
[edit]hilarious (comparative more hilarious, superlative most hilarious)
- Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:funny
- a hilarious joke
- Full of hilarity; merry.
- 1944, Douglas Stewart, A Girl with Red Hair, and Other Stories, page 60:
- Rounding up the animals in the misty paddocks, with the blackbirds singing as the morning whitened, he felt hilarious, light-headed. He'd clap the cows on their rumps and shout "Come along, there! Come along there, me Irish darlint."
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- Cold Doctor Pell here refused a very considerable fee. He could on occasion behave handsomely; but I can't learn that blustering, hilarious Doctor Rogerson ever refused his.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Cebuano: hilaryos
Translations
[edit]very funny; causing great merriment and laughter
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