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cachinatory

cachinatory is the alternative form of cachinnatory.

Meaning of cachinnatory

Adjective

cachinnatory (comparative more cachinnatory, superlative most cachinnatory)

  1. 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

Forms of cachinatory

comparativemore cachinatory
superlativemost cachinatory

Questions about cachinatory

What is cachinatory the alternative form of?
Cachinatory is the alternative form of cachinnatory.

Words near cachinatory in the dictionary

  1. cachexies
  2. cachexin
  3. cachexy
  4. cachibou
  5. cachibous
  6. cachinatory
  7. caching
  8. caching proxies
  9. caching proxy
  10. cachings
  11. cachinnate

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