Meanings
hilar1
adjectivehilar (comparative more hilar, superlative most hilar)
comparative more hilar · superlative most hilar
- Relating to or near a hilum.
hilar2
adjectivehilar (comparative more hilar, superlative most hilar)
comparative more hilar · superlative most hilar · alternative hilair · alternative hilare
- abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of hilarious.
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.
2015, Arabella Weir, Testing Times for Tabitha Baird, London: Piccadilly Press, →ISBN, page 148Synonyms: hilars
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
hilar · adjective
- Englishhilum
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishhilar
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hilar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hilar.
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