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Homeric laughter

American  

noun

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


Homeric laughter British  

noun

  1. loud unrestrained laughter, as that of the gods

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Then Brett sat down and enjoyed a burst of Homeric laughter.

From The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate by Tracy, Louis

He threw back his head in a roar of Homeric laughter.

From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod

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

Marrineal nominated himself amidst the Homeric laughter of the professional politicians.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

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