Meaning of gelasma | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Laughter.
   formal, uncountable
2. Laughter personified.

Examples

“As the Schwobian view⟳ is diabolical, so is there, on the other hand, a divine humour, a sweet and sacred gelasma, which we only do not associate with sacred things and grandeur, simply because we know⟳ nothing about their true inner nature and are not at home there.”

“For more citations see⟳ anerithmon gelasma.”

“Charles Lamb worshipped, like⟳ the Spartans in Edgar Poe's story, at the mysterious shrine of the god Gelasma.”

“...the temple to the reigning goddess Gelasma, which mocks the name⟳ of theatre...”

“So was a generation bred, more and more incapable of serious reading, of serious reflection, even of a primitive kind. Francis Thompson, a shrewd observer of his age, noted and shuddered at the growing popularity of the new goddess, Gelasma.”

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