cachinnate

[ kak-uh-neyt ]

/ ˈkæk əˌneɪt /

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verb (used without object), cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing.

to laugh loudly or immoderately.

Nearby words

cacheu, cachexia, cachexia hypophysiopriva, cachexia strumipriva, cachexy, cachinnate, cachinnation, cachoeiro do itapemirim, cachou, cachucha, cacimbo

Origin of cachinnate

1815–25; < Latin cachinnātus (past participle of cachinnāre to laugh aloud, laugh immoderately), equivalent to cachinn- laugh aloud + -ātus -ate¹

Related formscach·in·na·tion, nouncach·in·na·tor, nouncach·in·na·to·ry

[kak-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, kuh-kin-uh-] /ˈkæk ə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, kəˈkɪn ə-/, adjective

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Then right under me commenced a vehement rasping and scratching in the floor, accompanied by continuous groans and cachinnation.
The Devil's Elixir|E. T. A. Hoffmann
And there it swung to and fro, moved by the violence of its cachinnation.
Vikram and the Vampire|Richard F. Burton
Then, look at the baby, when it has turned into a little boy or girl, and come up in some degree to the cachinnation.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVI, July 1852, Vol. V|Various
Why, one might as well talk of a laughing death's-head,—the cachinnation of a monk's memento mori.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)|John Greenleaf Whittier

The former was accompanied by a running fire of cachinnation from the delighted audience.
Ellen Terry and Her Sisters|T. Edgar Pemberton

British Dictionary definitions for cachinnation (1 of 2)

cachinnation

/ (ˌkækɪˈneɪʃən) /

noun

raucous laughter

psychiatry inappropriate laughter, sometimes found in schizophrenia

British Dictionary definitions for cachinnation (2 of 2)

cachinnate

/ (ˈkækɪˌneɪt) /

verb

(intr) to laugh loudly

Derived Formscachinnatory, adjective

Word Origin for cachinnate

C19: from Latin cacchināre, probably of imitative origin

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Word Origin and History for cachinnation (1 of 2)

cachinnation

"loud laughter," 1620s, from Latin cachinnationem (nominative cachinnatio) "violent laughter, excessive laughter," noun of action from past participle stem of cachinnare "to laugh immoderately or loudly," of imitative origin. Cf. Sanskrit kakhati "laughs," Greek kakhazein "to laugh loudly," Old High German kachazzen, English cackle, Armenian xaxanc'.

Word Origin and History for cachinnation (1 of 2)

cachinnate

"to laugh loudly or immoderately," 1824, from Latin cachinnatum, past participle of cachinnare (see cachinnation). Related: Cachinnated; cachinnating.

cachinnate

verb (used without object), cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing.

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cachinnation

noun

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cachinnate

verb

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cachinnation

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cachinnate

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cachinnation

n.