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gelasma

gelasma noun: laughter.

Noun

gelasma (uncountable)

  1. (formal) Laughter.
    • As the Schwobian view is diabolical, so is there, on the other hand, a divine humour, a sweet and sacred gelasma, which we only do not associate with sacred things and grandeur, simply because we know nothing about their true inner nature and are not at home there.1902, Charles Godfrey Leland, Flaxius
    • For more citations see anerithmon gelasma.

Proper noun capitalized: Gelasma

Gelasma

  1. Laughter personified.
    • Charles Lamb worshipped, like the Spartans in Edgar Poe's story, at the mysterious shrine of the god Gelasma.1900, The Quarterly Review, volume 192
    • ...the temple to the reigning goddess Gelasma, which mocks the name of theatre...1910, Francis Thompson, A Renegade Poet

Origin of gelasma

Ancient Greek γέλασμα (gélasma)

gelasma

Phrases with gelasma

Questions about gelasma

What does gelasma mean?
Gelasma means laughter.
What part of speech is gelasma?
Gelasma can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near gelasma in the dictionary

  1. Gelasian
  2. Gelasian diarchy
  3. Gelasian dualism
  4. Gelasian dyarchy
  5. Gelasius
  6. gelasma
  7. gelast
  8. gelastic
  9. gelastocorid
  10. gelastocorids
  11. gelasts

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