gelotology
noun/ˌd͡ʒɛləˈtɒləd͡ʒi/UK/ˌd͡ʒɛləˈtɑləd͡ʒi/US
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γέλωτος (gélōtos) (the genitive of γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”)) + English -logy (suffix denoting the study of a particular subject), coined by the anthropologist and linguist Edith Trager with participation from the American psychiatrist William F. Fry, Jr. (1924–2014) in March 1964.
- derived from γέλωτος
Definitions
The study of humour and laughter, and its effects on the body.
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for gelotology. 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