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cachinnate

[ kak-uh-neyt ]

verb (used without object)

cachinnated, cachinnating.
  1. Rare. to laugh loudly or excessively.


cachinnate

/ ˈæɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. intr to laugh loudly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ󾱲ˈԲٴǰ, adjective
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  • ··Բ·پDz [kak-, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cachinnate1

First recorded in 1815–25; from Latin 󾱲Բٳܲ “laughed aloud,” past participle of 󾱲Բ “to laugh aloud, laugh immoderately,” of imitative origin
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cachinnate1

C19: from Latin 󾱲, probably of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

Yes, think of Johnson not as man but a sort of personified synthesis: one between the high-minded politics of old and the cachinnating prejudices of the new bigots.

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Yeah, me either, but Hardwick apparently did, ’cause we can still hear her cachinnating, so I guess my job’s done.

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Every time you take a full breath, or when you cachinnate well, the diaphragm descends and gives the stomach an extra squeeze and shakes it.

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She cachinnated at her absurdity, which caused Mouse to jump on top of the washer and stare at this mad woman inquisitively.

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They reach at once and directly the instinctive sense of the ludicrous, and over them youth and age cachinnate together.

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