cachinnation
noun
the act of cachinnating; loud or convulsive laughter.
cachinnations
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pluralof cachinnation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They generate guffaws and giggles and snorts and chortles and cachinnations, whatever they are, and provoke pee-in-the-pants incontinence.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2021
Their united cachinnations rang loudly over the lake—reverberating in repeated peals from the adjacent cliffs.
From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Mayne Reid
Instead, however, of their laughter lessening, the cachinnations became so violent that I began to feel seriously alarmed.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 by Various
In passing, the cachinnations of the laughing hyena are rather a series of high-voiced self-conscious titters than laughter.
From African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
Every wild syllable was flung back like a shot from the surrounding hills, till the air seemed full of loons, all mingling their crazy cachinnations with the din of the chief performer.
From Wilderness Ways by Charles Copeland
