Homeric laughter

English Etymology With reference to a scene in the Iliad: grc Homer Iliad 1 599 600 ἄσβεστος δ’ ἄρ’ ἐνῶρτο γέλως μακάρεσσι θεοῖσινὡς ἴδον Ἥφαιστον διὰ δώματα ποιπνύοντα. Augustus Taber Murray And unquenchable laughter arose among the blessed gods, as they saw Hephaestus puffing through the palace. 1 Noun - Boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing. I VI 193 The words were scarcely out of her mouth, when they were greeted with a roar of Homeric laughter that literally shook the room, and this time not at the expense of the innocent speaker. en 1916 III Malvina of Brittany w:Jerome K. Jerome https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2023/2023-h/2023-h.htm But the Professor! He ought to have exploded in a burst of Homeric laughter, or else to have shaken his head at her and warned her where little girls go to who do this sort of thing. Related terms en Homeric laugh Translations boisterous laughter Dutch: nl homerisch gelach n, nl homerische lach m French: fr rire homérique m German: de homerisches Gelächter n Polish: pl homerycki śmiech m Romanian: ro râs homeric n Russian: ru гомери́ческий хо́хот m en eponyms