rire homérique

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rire homérique m (plural rires homériques)

  1. Homeric laughter
    • 1845, Alexandre Dumas père, chapter XLVII, in Vingt ans après (Trilogie des Mousquetaires)‎:
      À cet ordre les montagnes du populaire s’affaissèrent si subitement, que d’Artagnan ne put retenir un éclat de rire homérique.
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