Meanings
adjectivecachinnatory (comparative more cachinnatory, superlative most cachinnatory)
comparative more cachinnatory · superlative most cachinnatory
- Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
But these jests, and others of a similar nature, had evidently produced, at no time, any effect upon the cachinnatory muscles of the tar.
1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest
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cachinnatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cachinnatory
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“cachinnatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cachinnatory. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cachinnatory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cachinnatory.
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