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lack-laughter

adj

Etymology

From lack + laughter.

  1. derived from *klek-✻
  2. inherited from *hlahtraz✻
  3. inherited from hleahtor
  4. inherited from laughter
  5. compounded as lack-laughter — “lack + laughter”

Definitions

  1. Cheerless

    Cheerless; sombre; serious.

    • The lack-laughter sangfroid of the parſon was the conſtant topic of his ridicule, and he complained that whenever I appeared I caſt a gloom over the mirth of his company.
    • […] many force / Lack-laughter faces to relax / Into the soft lines traced by joy.

The neighborhood

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