"Homeric laughter" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "With reference to the \"unquenchable laughter\" (ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unceasing”) γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”)) of the gods in e.g. Iliad I. 599, Odyssey XX. 346.",
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          "ref": "1873, Charles Reade, chapter VI, in A Simpleton: A Story of the Day […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 193:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1916, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter III, in Malvina of Brittany:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing."
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          "belly laugh",
          "belly laugh"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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          "word": "homerisch gelach"
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          "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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          "word": "homerische lach"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "boisterous laughter",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "rire homérique"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "boisterous laughter",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "homerisches Gelächter"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "boisterous laughter",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "râs homeric"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gomeríčeskij xóxot",
          "sense": "boisterous laughter",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гомери́ческий хо́хот"
        }
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  "etymology_text": "With reference to the \"unquenchable laughter\" (ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unceasing”) γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”)) of the gods in e.g. Iliad I. 599, Odyssey XX. 346.",
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        "Boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing."
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          "belly laugh",
          "belly laugh"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "homerisch gelach"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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      "word": "homerische lach"
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      "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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      "word": "rire homérique"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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      "word": "homerisches Gelächter"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "râs homeric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gomeríčeskij xóxot",
      "sense": "boisterous laughter",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "гомери́ческий хо́хот"
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