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gelogenic

gelogenic adjective: inducing or provoking laughter; laughable.

Adjective

gelogenic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Inducing or provoking laughter; laughable.
    • Here among shows ranging from Russian mood pictures to nimble and nymphal revues, somewhat too commercialized to be gelogenic, exists a rare opportunity for some zealot to declare what proportion represents popular demand, what freshly creates it, and how much is esoteric.1992, Chittenden Turner, “Restoring the Masterpieces of Comic Opera”, in Arts & Decoration, volume 17, page 121

Origin of gelogenic

From Ancient Greek γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”) + -genic.

Questions about gelogenic

What does gelogenic mean?
Gelogenic means inducing or provoking laughter; laughable.
What part of speech is gelogenic?
Gelogenic is an adjective.

Words near gelogenic in the dictionary

  1. Gelman
  2. Gelmans
  3. gelocid
  4. gelocids
  5. gelod
  6. gelogenic
  7. geloll
  8. gelolls
  9. gelometer
  10. gelometers
  11. gelomulide

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