cachinnate

English
WOTD – 26 August 2007

Etymology

Latin cachinō (“laugh aloud”), an onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkækɪneɪt/
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Verb

cachinnate (third-person singular simple present cachinnates, present participle cachinnating, simple past and past participle cachinnated)

  1. (intransitive) To laugh loudly, immoderately, or too often.
    The villain began to cachinnate and twirl his moustache.

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Latin

Verb

cachinnāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of cachinnō
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