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cachinnation
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intr.v. cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing, cach·in·nates To laugh hard, loudly, or convulsively; guffaw.
[Latin cachinnāre, cachinnāt-, of imitative origin.]
cach′in·na′tion n.
cach′in·na′tor n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
cachinnation (ˌkækɪˈneɪʃən) n 1. raucous laughter
2. (Psychiatry) psychiatry inappropriate laughter, sometimes found in schizophrenia
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
cachinnation
raucous laughter; loud whinnying.
See also: Laughter -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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