hilarious

adj

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin hilaris (“cheerful”) + -ious, from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”).

1. Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

   “a hilarious joke”

   “Do you like Monty Python? I think they're hilarious.”

2. Full of hilarity; merry.

   “Cold Doctor Pell here refused a very considerable fee. He could on occasion behave handsomely; but I can't learn that blustering, hilarious Doctor Rogerson ever refused his.”

   “In order to turn the minds of hilarious guests to seriousness, they would start singing a responsive song, the subject of which was death and the earnestness of life.”