cachinnation

  • 21cachinnate — (v.) to laugh loudly or immoderately, 1824, from L. cachinatum, pp. of cachinnare (see CACHINNATION (Cf. cachinnation)) …

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  • 22cackle — early 13c., imitative (see CACHINNATION (Cf. cachinnation)).; perhaps partly based on M.Du. kake jaw. As a noun, from 1670s. Cackleberries, slang for eggs is first recorded 1880 …

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  • 23cachinnate — [ kakɪneɪt] verb literary laugh loudly. Derivatives cachinnation noun Origin C19 (earlier (C17) as cachinnation): from L. cachinnat , cachinnare laugh loudly …

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  • 24cachinnate — intransitive verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin cachinnatus, past participle of cachinnare, of imitative origin Date: 1824 to laugh loudly or immoderately • cachinnation noun …

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  • 25cachinnator — See cachinnation. * * * …

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  • 26cachinnator — noun One who laughs loudly and immoderately. Syn: hypergelast Ant: agelast See Also: cachinnate, cachinnation …

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  • 27rire — 1. rire [ rir ] v. <conjug. : 36; subj. imp. inus.> • XIe; lat. pop. ridere (e bref), class. ridere (e long) I ♦ V. intr. 1 ♦ Exprimer la gaieté par l expression du visage, par certains mouvements de la bouche et des muscles faciaux,… …

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  • 28schizophrénique — schizophrénie [ skizɔfreni ] n. f. • 1911; de schizo et gr. phrên « esprit » ♦ Psychiatr. Psychose caractérisée par une désagrégation psychique (ambivalence des pensées, des sentiments, conduite paradoxale), la perte du contact avec la réalité,… …

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  • 29cackle — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, babble, babblement, bark, bavardage, bawl, be in stitches, belch, bellow, belly laugh, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blah blah, blare, blat, blather, blether, blethers, blubber, boff, boffola, boom,… …

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  • 30chortle — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chuckle …

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