• Cachinnatory

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈkakɪnəˌtəɹi/

    Origin

    From cachinnate + -ory.

    Full definition of cachinnatory

    Adjective

    cachinnatory

    1. Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
      • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘King Pest’:But these jests, and others of a similar nature, had evidently produced, at no time, any effect upon the cachinnatory muscles of the tar.
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