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hypergelast

Syllables: hy·per·ge·lastUS/ˌhaɪpəɹd͡ʒəˈlæst/

hypergelast noun: someone who laughs excessively.

Noun

hypergelast (plural hypergelasts)

  1. Someone who laughs excessively.
    • America had become a laughing nation, a country of frivolists and hypergelasts, a culture dangerously out of control.1992, Henry Jenkins, What Made Pistachio Nuts?, Columbia University Press
    Synonyms:
    cachinnator
    Antonyms:
    agelast

Synonyms of hypergelast

Antonyms

Forms of hypergelast

pluralhypergelasts

Origin of hypergelast

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”), from γελάω (geláō, “I laugh”).

Questions about hypergelast

What does hypergelast mean?
Hypergelast means someone who laughs excessively.
What part of speech is hypergelast?
Hypergelast is a noun.
How do you pronounce hypergelast?
Hypergelast is pronounced /ˌhaɪpəɹd͡ʒəˈlæst/ (US).
What is the plural of hypergelast?
The plural of hypergelast is hypergelasts.

Words near hypergelast in the dictionary

  1. hypergargantuan
  2. hypergastrinaemia
  3. hypergastrinemia
  4. hypergastrinemias
  5. hypergastrinemic
  6. hypergelast
  7. hypergelastic
  8. hypergelasts
  9. hypergender
  10. hypergendered
  11. hypergenesis

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