"hilar" meaning in English

See hilar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more hilar [comparative], most hilar [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin hīlum (“trifle”) + -ar. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|hīlum|t=trifle}} Latin hīlum (“trifle”), {{af|en|-ar}} -ar Head templates: {{en-adj}} hilar (comparative more hilar, superlative most hilar)
  1. Relating to or near a hilum. Derived forms: hilar appendage, hilar appendix, infrahilar, nonhilar, perihilar, prehilar, retrohilar, subhilar, suprahilar
    Sense id: en-hilar-en-adj-d5fnY8Ps Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ar, English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more hilar [comparative], most hilar [superlative], hilair [alternative], hilare [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} hilar (comparative more hilar, superlative most hilar)
  1. (colloquial) Clipping of hilarious. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Alternative form of: hilarious Synonyms: hilars
    Sense id: en-hilar-en-adj-EI2-MwfS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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