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hilarious, a.|hɪˈlɛərɪəs|
[A recent formation, f. L. hilari-s + -ous: cf. capaci-ous, atroci-ous, etc.]
1. Cheerful, cheery; gladsome.
1823Scott Peveril xlvi, In answer to my hilarious exhortations to confidence. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Univ. Wks. (Bohn) II. 94 Cheery and hilarious tone. 1885N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 335 As..hilarious as Anacreon.
2. Boisterously joyous or merry; rollicking.
1835–40J. M. Wilson Tales Bord. (1857) I. 53 Neither cared the hilarious damsel for the reverend turrets of Innerkepple. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Europe viii. (1894) 186 They may take it for granted..that we were hilarious, excited [etc.]. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 277 Others will become hilarious, erotic, or pugnacious.
Hence hiˈlariously adv.; hiˈlariousness.
1863Athenæum 5 Dec., The conclusion was hilariously arrived at that the new Order should be named accordingly. 1866Mrs. Stowe Lit. Foxes 25 The holidays passed away hilariously. 1885Truth 28 May 851/2 The fresh charm, hilariousness, and blush of spring.
▸ In weakened use: extremely funny; highly amusing or absurd.
1925G. H. Mullin Adv. Scholar Tramp xii. 180, I learnt that stealing clothes from a clothes-line is expressed in Hoboland by the hilarious phrase, ‘Glomming the grape-vine’. 1958Films in Rev. May 254/1 There had been a few films which foreshadowed the screwball pattern, particularly the hilarious Hollywood spoof Bombshell. 1962O. Manning Spoilt City I. v. 66 Toby rocked about, laughing as though Yakimov's speech had been one of hilarious impropriety. 1977Listener 12 May 626/2 Mr Wood is not only brave enough to send himself up rotten, but also to make a hilarious series out of the whole literary game. 1995New Musical Express 28 Oct. 31/2 To Die For isn't quite aisle-rolling hilarious but is a frothy, script-sharp, blackly comic view of blind ambition, sexual exploitation, media obsession and the void of teenage American life. |