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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