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cachinnation

/kækɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

cachinnation noun: loud, convulsive laughter.

Noun

cachinnation (countable and uncountable, plural cachinnations)

  1. Loud, convulsive laughter.
    • Mr. Palmer had a keen perception of the ludicrous; he was naturally a humourist, which was indicated by a peculiar twinkle of the eye-lid at those times when he determined to repress a hearty cachinnation, and pursue the subject that tickled him to its utmost.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 116
    • While reforming the language I crave leave to introduce an improvement of punctuation—the snigger point, or note of cachinnation. It is written thus ‿ and represents, as early as may be, a smiling mouth.1912, Ambrose Bierce, “For Brevity and Clarity”, in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 11, pages 386–387

cachinnation meaning in Tamil

cachinnation in Tamil

பெருஞ்சிரிப்பு, வெடிச்சிரிப்பு, அலறல் சிரிப்பு, மருட்சிச் சிரிப்பு

Examples of cachinnation in a sentence

  • His shrill, mirthless cachinnation followed Monica as she headed up-hill.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter V, in The Understanding Heart:
  • After midnight their shrill notes burst into a kind of pandemoniac cachinnation which filled all the countryside, and not until dawn did they finally quiet down.1928, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror:

Forms of cachinnation

pluralcachinnations

Origin of cachinnation

From cachinnate + -ion.

Questions about cachinnation

What does cachinnation mean?
Cachinnation means loud, convulsive laughter.
What is cachinnation in Tamil?
Cachinnation in Tamil is பெருஞ்சிரிப்பு, வெடிச்சிரிப்பு, அலறல் சிரிப்பு. See Cachinnation meaning in Tamil.
How do you use cachinnation in a sentence?
His shrill, mirthless cachinnation followed Monica as she headed up-hill.
What part of speech is cachinnation?
Cachinnation is a noun.
How do you pronounce cachinnation?
Cachinnation is pronounced /kækɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/.
What is the plural of cachinnation?
The plural of cachinnation is cachinnations.

Words near cachinnation in the dictionary

  1. cachings
  2. cachinnate
  3. cachinnated
  4. cachinnates
  5. cachinnating
  6. cachinnation
  7. cachinnations
  8. cachinnator
  9. cachinnators
  10. cachinnatory
  11. Cachiquel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cachinnation (page history and authors); cachinnation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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