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Cachinnation   Listen
noun
Cachinnation  n.  Loud or immoderate laughter; often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections. "Hideous grimaces... attended this unusual cachinnation."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Cachinnation" Quotes from Famous Books



... habituation and his mental aberration get the better of his determination toward analyzation of the sound upon the roof. Of the pat, pat, patter and the clat, clat, clatter of small claws upon the roof! Then with loud cachinnation—Next!" ...
— Dorothy's House Party • Evelyn Raymond

... laughin' at you, that is, not in pertic'ler. I couldn't see your face when Ame offered ye pie an' doughnuts instid of beefsteak an' fixins. I c'd only guess at that; but Ame's face was enough fer me," and Dick went off into another cachinnation. ...
— David Harum - A Story of American Life • Edward Noyes Westcott



Words linked to "Cachinnation" :   laugh



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