Homeric laughter

American  

noun

1. loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.

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Homeric laughter British  

noun

1. loud unrestrained laughter, as that of the gods

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Example Sentences

The implications of this proviso struck the German Reichstag so forcibly that Deputies clutched their quaking midriffs and the whole chamber roared with Homeric laughter until tears of mirth glistened on many a cheek.

From Time Magazine Archive

Someone cried, "They're off!" and a murmur grew and rolled nearer—rising, as it approached, from a murmur into great waves—waves of Homeric laughter.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

And with peals of Homeric laughter Ferdinand declared she had found the only inoffensive way of silencing him.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

Only her Homeric laughter, and a pair of lorgnettes, reminded you of her greatness.

From This Is the End by Benson, Stella

Then he departed, and as he went he broke into deep-throated, Homeric laughter, and I—I understood: he was mocking Death.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 by Various