Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hilarity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hilarity \Hi*lar"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. hilaritas: cf. F.
hilarit['e]. See {Hilarious}.]
Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. --Goldsmith.

Note: Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good
news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the
former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc.,
which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.

Syn: Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety;
joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hilarity
n : great merriment [syn: {mirth}, {mirthfulness}, {glee}, {gleefulness}]

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