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underlaughter

noun

Etymology

Probably derived from Middle English underlaughteren (“to smirk”), Middle English underlaughen (“to smile; smile with the eyes”), equivalent to under- + laughter.

  1. derived from underlaughen — “to smile; smile with the eyes”
  2. derived from underlaughteren — “to smirk”

Definitions

  1. Suppressed laughter or laughing

    • “Of course I am, thank you,” said Clover in a voice which also he would hardly have recognized, so gay was it with a ripple of underlaughter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for underlaughter. 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