Cachinnation

Origin

From cachinnate + -ion

Full definition of cachinnation

Noun

1. Convulsive, loud laughter.
• 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter VHis shrill, mirthless cachinnation followed Monica as she headed up-hill.
• 1928, H. P. Lovecraft, ,After midnight their shrill notes burst into a kind of pandemoniac cachinnation which filled all the countryside, and not until dawn did they finally quiet down.

Related terms

• cachinnator