Etymology

misogelast

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Today it means: One who hates laughter. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γελαστής
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγελαστής“laughter”
  2. English todaymisogelast

From miso- + Ancient Greek γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγελαστής all →

gelast

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.