hilarious
/hɪˈlɛ(ə)ɹ.i.əs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "a hilarious joke"
- "Do you like Monty Python? I think they're hilarious."
- "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."
- "In order to turn the minds of hilarious guests to seriousness, they would start singing a responsive song, the subject of which was death and the earnestness of life."
- "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.""
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin hilaris (“cheerful”) + -ious, from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɪˈlɛ(ə)ɹ.i.əs/
- British English: /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/
Inflected Forms
more hilarious (comparative)
most hilarious (superlative)