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Webster 1913 Edition
Hilarity
Hi-lar′i-ty
(?; 277)
, Noun.
Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity.
Goldsmith.
Syn. – Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hilarity
HILAR'ITY
,Noun.
Mirth; merriment; gayety. Hilarity differs from joy; the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, by social pleasure, drinking, &c., which rouse the animal spirits.