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Homeric laughter

Homeric laughter noun: boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing.

Noun

Homeric laughter (uncountable)

  1. Boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing.
    • The words were scarcely out of her mouth, when they were greeted with a roar of Homeric laughter that literally shook the room, and this time not at the expense of the innocent speaker.1873, Charles Reade, chapter VI, in A Simpleton: A Story of the Day […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 193
    • But the Professor! He ought to have exploded in a burst of Homeric laughter, or else to have shaken his head at her and warned her where little girls go to who do this sort of thing.1916, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter III, in Malvina of Brittany

Homeric laughter meaning in Tamil

Homeric laughter in Tamil

உரத்த சிரிப்பு

Origin of Homeric laughter

With reference to the "unquenchable laughter" (ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unceasing”) γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”)) of the gods in e.g. Iliad I. 599, Odyssey XX. 346.

Questions about Homeric laughter

What does Homeric laughter mean?
Homeric laughter means boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing.
What is Homeric laughter in Tamil?
Homeric laughter in Tamil is உரத்த சிரிப்பு. See Homeric laughter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Homeric laughter?
Homeric laughter is a noun.

Words near Homeric laughter in the dictionary

  1. Homerian
  2. homeric
  3. Homeric Greek
  4. Homeric laugh
  5. Homeric laughs
  6. Homeric laughter
  7. Homeric simile
  8. Homeric similes
  9. Homerical
  10. Homerically
  11. Homerican

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