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hilars

hilars is the clipping of hilarious.

Meaning of hilarious

Adjective

hilarious (comparative more hilarious, superlative most hilarious)

  1. Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
    • a hilarious joke
  2. Full of hilarity; merry.
    • 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.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Synonyms of hilars

Forms of hilars

comparativemore hilars
superlativemost hilars

Origin of hilars

Clipping of hilarious + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Questions about hilars

What is hilars the clipping of?
Hilars is the clipping of hilarious.

Words near hilars in the dictionary

  1. hilarity
  2. hilarographine
  3. hilarographines
  4. hilarotragedies
  5. hilarotragedy
  6. hilars
  7. Hilary
  8. Hilary term
  9. Hilary terms
  10. Hilary-tide
  11. hilarytide

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