cachinnate

[ kak-uh-neyt ]

verb (used without object)

, cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing.

1. Rare. to laugh loudly or excessively.

cachinnate

/ ˈkækɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. intr to laugh loudly

Derived Forms

• ˌcachinˈnatory, adjective

Other Words From

• cach·in·na·tion [kak-, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
• cach·in·na·tor noun
• cach·in·na·to·ry [kak, -, uh, -n, uh, -tawr-ee, k, uh, -, kin, -, uh, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cachinnate¹

First recorded in 1815–25; from Latin cachinnātus “laughed aloud,” past participle of cachinnāre “to laugh aloud, laugh immoderately,” of imitative origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of cachinnate¹

C19: from Latin cacchināre, probably of imitative origin

Example Sentences

Telegrams crackle, Joint Chiefs harrumph, orders arrive, engines clamor, machine guns cachinnate, and sure enough, the first dead man on Omaha Beach turns out to be-Garner.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, heigho! some fly or other is the indispensable adjunct of every pot of ointment, and while I was still jumping for joy at having passed the steep barrier of such a Rubicon, there came a letter from Miss Jessimina which constrained me to cachinnate upon the wrong side of nose!

From Project Gutenberg

Every time you take a full breath, or when you cachinnate well, the diaphragm descends and gives the stomach an extra squeeze and shakes it.

From Project Gutenberg

Antonyms: illaudable, unpraiseworthy, indign. laudatory, a. panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, adulatory, commendatory. laugh, v. cachinnate, roar, giggle, snicker, titter, chuckle, grin, twitter, cackle, chortle, hawhaw. laughable, a. risible, comic, ludicrous, droll, facetious, farcical, amusing.

From Project Gutenberg

They reach at once and directly the instinctive sense of the ludicrous, and over them youth and age cachinnate together.

From Project Gutenberg