Meanings
nounhypergelast (plural hypergelasts)
plural hypergelasts
- Someone who laughs excessively.
America had become a laughing nation, a country of frivolists and hypergelasts, a culture dangerously out of control.
1992, Henry Jenkins, What Made Pistachio Nuts?, Columbia University PressSynonyms: cachinnator · Antonyms: agelast
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Origin
- Ancient Greekὑπέρ“over”
- Englishhypergelast
From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”), from γελάω (geláō, “I laugh”).
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