hilarity
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hi·lar·i·ty
(hĭ-lăr'ĭ-tē, -lâr'-, hī-) 
n.
Great merriment.
n.
Great merriment.
[Middle English hilarite, good spirits, from Old French, from Latin hilaritās, from hilaris, cheerful, from Greek hilaros.]
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hilarity
noun
- A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness. See laughter.
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hilarity
IN BRIEF: Noisy fun.
There was much hilarity at the birthday party for my grandfather.
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