cachinnation
Americannoun
plural
cachinnationsnoun
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raucous laughter
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psychiatry inappropriate laughter, sometimes found in schizophrenia
Example Sentences
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Every episode of Friends is accompanied by the cachinnation of the dead.
From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012
A vast deal of cachinnation ensues at his various predicaments in escaping these women, Hell-bent for matrimony.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Jones brought forth a sickly cachinnation which stopped at the first note; for it made the sword to penetrate his skin.
From The Way of the Gods by Long, John Luther
"We will soon learn the author of that unpleasant cachinnation," remarked the priest, quietly.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
He did not even hear the scornful cachinnation that followed it, for his attention was now entirely occupied with one individual—the youngest of the chiefs—the last in the line—Osceola.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
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