单词 | homeric laughter |
释义 | > as lemmasHomeric laughter Homeric laughter n. [compare French rire homérique (1825), German homerisches Gelächter (1827 or earlier)] loud unrestrained laughter resembling the laughter of the gods as described by Homer ( Iliad i. 599, Odyss. xx. 346). ΚΠ 1832 L. Phalary Hist. Psyché from Raphael's Drawings 34-35 Vulcan always ready with pun, and jest, excited more than once Homeric laughter. 1886 R. F. Gould Hist. Freemasonry V. xxv. 172 A proceeding which brought down upon its head the Homeric laughter of its rivals, and indeed of all of Paris. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 236/1 With Homeric laughter and epic outburst of passion, she plays midwife to creation. 1998 T. Cohen Ideol. & Inscription v. 197 The theater breaks out more than ever in..convulsive, even Homeric laughter. < as lemmas |
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