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German
Etymology
Calque of French rire homérique.
Noun
homerisches Gelächter n (strong, definite nominative das homerische Gelächter, genitive (des) homerischen Gelächters, no plural)
- Homeric laughter
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 501:[…] vier Wochen nach ihrem Eintritt geschah es, daß sie, von einer neuen Untersuchung kommend, beim Betreten des Speisesaals ihr Handtäschchen in die Luft warf und mit heller Stimme ausrief: „Hurra, ein Jahr muß ich bleiben!!“ – worüber im ganzen Saal ein homerisches Gelächter sich verbreitet hatte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of homerisches Gelächter
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