Homeric laughter

Meaning

Noun

  • Boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing.

Origin

  • With reference to the "unquenchable laughter" (ἄσβεστος γέλως) of the gods in eg. Iliad I. 599, Odyssey XX. 346.

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