cachinnatory

English

Etymology

From cachinnate + -ory.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkakɪnəˌtəɹi/

Adjective

cachinnatory (comparative more cachinnatory, superlative most cachinnatory)

  1. Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
    • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘King Pest’:
      But these jests, and others of a similar nature, had evidently produced, at no time, any effect upon the cachinnatory muscles of the tar.
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