cachinnatory
- a word derived from cachinnate.
Example Sentences
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But these jests, and others of a similar nature, had evidently produced, at no time, any effect upon the cachinnatory muscles of the tar.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan
On which timely joke there follow cachinnatory buzzes of approval.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Captain Morrill urbanely apologized to Mr. Glover, and engaged himself to make it right in the morning; whereupon Mr. Glover withdrew in cachinnatory convulsions.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various
Thereafter, one shinned up the ladder, on post-prandial japery intent, another beat the devil's tattoo, a third writhed cachinnatory.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
Dave took off his fox-skin cap after letting his pole fall into the hollow of his arm, and scratched his head before uttering a low cachinnatory laugh that was not pleasant to the ear.
From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by Fenn, George Manville
