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cachinnation

noun
/kækɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

From cachinnate + -ion.

  1. derived from cachinnō
  2. suffixed as cachinnation — “cachinnate + ion”

Definitions

  1. Loud, convulsive laughter.

    • While reforming the language I crave leave to introduce an improvement of punctuation—the snigger point, or note of cachinnation. It is written thus ‿ and represents, as early as may be, a smiling mouth.
    • His shrill, mirthless cachinnation followed Monica as she headed up-hill.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cachinnation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA