Etymology

anerithmon gelasma

Today it means: The "uncountable laughter" of ocean waves sparkling in sunlight. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἀνήριθμον γέλασμα
  2. English todayanerithmon gelasma

From Ancient Greek ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα (anḗrithmon gélasma), from Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound (90).

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