Homeric laughter

noun

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

Homeric laughter

noun

1. loud unrestrained laughter, as that of the gods

Example Sentences

In epic poetry Hephaestus is rather a comic figure, and his limping gait provokes “Homeric laughter” among the gods.

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It collapsed suddenly in 1848; died amid Homeric laughter of the public.

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The low, angry murmuring suddenly ceased, and a great wave of Homeric laughter rolled over the crowd.

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Loud Homeric laughter shook his pigeon-breasted frame, he hugged his friends tightly enough to choke them; and when the Duke asked him a question, he answered even him with a touch of scorn from the heights of his triumph.

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The Solicitor-General, who had his share in the genial roasting, might roar with Homeric laughter.

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