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Hilarious

//hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

    "a hilarious joke"

  2. 2
    Full of hilarity; merry.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hilaris (“cheerful”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”).

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