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gelasts

gelasts is the plural of gelast.

Meaning of gelast

Noun

gelast (plural gelasts)

  1. (literary, rare) One who tends to laugh; a laugher.
    • Even if we grant that the "gelasts" are getting reduced to the dimensions of a petty sect, the consideration need not deter us from choosing laughter as our theme.1902, James Sully, An Essay on Laughter: Its Forms, Its Causes, Its Development and Its Value, London; […]: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 2
    Antonyms:
    agelast, nonlaugher

Questions about gelasts

What is gelasts the plural of?
Gelasts is the plural of gelast.

Words near gelasts in the dictionary

  1. gelasma
  2. gelast
  3. gelastic
  4. gelastocorid
  5. gelastocorids
  6. gelasts
  7. gelate
  8. gelated
  9. gelateria
  10. gelaterias
  11. gelaterie

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