hilarity
/hɪˈlæɹɪ.ti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued."
- "In the rattle of the box, and of their agreeable conversation, Sir Francis’s spirits rose to their accustomed point of feeble hilarity."
- "[…] it is up to ‘the Left’ to offer a dream-hungry mankind something more exciting than the assurance that, once the state nationalizes everything […] bureaucracy will be done away with and general happiness and hilarity will prevail."
- "Think it not curious if we don't seem to be as sidesplittingly impressed with the hilarities in this picture as its promotion might lead you to expect. Hilarity is in it—hilarity at its best—as would be almost mandatory in any film with Miss Holliday."
- "Many other Latin imports have become staples of our diet, like the burrito, which in Spanish means "little donkey." What other food-related hilarities are we missing out on?"
Etymology
From Latin hilaritās (“cheerfulness”), from hilaris (“cheerful”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful”). By surface analysis, Latin hilar(ō) + -i- + -ty.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἱλαρός