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Homeric laughter
noun
- loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
Homeric laughter
noun
- loud unrestrained laughter, as that of the gods
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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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