hilar

From Latin hīlum (“trifle”) + -ar.

hilar (comparative more hilar, superlative most hilar)

1. Relating to or near a hilum.

hilar (comparative more hilar, superlative most hilar)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of hilarious.

   Synonym: hilars

   • 2013, Michelle Witte, “Acknowledgements”, in The Faker's Guide to the Classics: Everything You Need to Know About the Books You Should Have Read (But Didn't), Guilford, C.T.: Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 273:

     Dickie, you are such a great virtual friend. We'll totally meet up IRL, hopefully soon. Your tweets are hilair, and those pics on FB? Wow.

   • 2014 September 23, Catherine Bennett, “It's this totes must-read, kind of the new Mantel except minus communism”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-09-06:

     Well appaz Andy (!) Marr's novel is this totes must-read, kind of the new Mantel except minus communism & way more hilair?

   • 2015, Arabella Weir, Testing Times for Tabitha Baird, London: Piccadilly Press, →ISBN, page 148:

     Oh my god, you should see them. It is actually the most hilar thing I have ever seen in my life. Even more hilar than the coatigan Gran made before.

   • 2018 May 18, Sam Damshenas, “What effect will this week's Drag Race have on the rest of the season?”, in Gay Times‎, London: Gay Times Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-05:

     Subsequently, the queens sashayed down the runway in their finest Silver Foxy attire, where they dressed as themselves in 50 years time, and it made for one of the most hilarious runways evaaah! Who knew Kameron would be so hilare?

• hilair, hilare

• “hilar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “hilar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

hilar m or n (feminine singular hilară, masculine plural hilari, feminine and neuter plural hilare)

1. Alternative form of ilar

Inherited from Late Latin fīlāre. Derivable from hilo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /iˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hi‧lar

hilar (first-person singular present hilo, first-person singular preterite hilé, past participle hilado)

1. to spin (as with thread)
2. to string together, put together (words, to make coherent sentences)

• “hilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28