agelast
noun
a person who never laughs; a humorless person (often used attributively).
agelastic
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a word derived from
agelast.
Example Sentences
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It is but one step from being agelastic to misogelastic, and the μισοyελως, the laughter-hating, soon learns to dignify his dislike as an objection in morality.
From An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit by George Meredith
