Meanings
adjectivegelogenic (not comparable)
- not comparablerareInducing or provoking laughter; laughable.
Here among shows ranging from Russian mood pictures to nimble and nymphal revues, somewhat too commercialized to be gelogenic, exists a rare opportunity for some zealot to declare what proportion represents popular demand, what freshly creates it, and how much is esoteric.
1992, Chittenden Turner, “Restoring the Masterpieces of Comic Opera”, in Arts & Decoration, volume 17, page 121
Origin
- Ancient Greekγέλως“laughter”
- Englishgelogenic
From Ancient Greek γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”) + -genic.
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