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"Great merriment"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (HILARITY).
Definitions
Great amusement, laughter, or cheerful merriment.
Word origin
From Latin hilaritās (“cheerfulness”), from hilaris (“cheerful”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful”). By surface analysis, Latin hilar(ō) + -i- + -ty.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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