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laughee

laughee noun: one who is laughed at.

Noun

laughee (plural laughees)

  1. One who is laughed at.
    • Adonis always laughed in a peculiar way, most insulting to the person ridiculed, but in this instance the laughees were absent.1827, Henry Colburn, editor, Hyde Nugent: a tale of fashionable life
    • Whatever made fun for one party called the attention of the other, and no sooner would their eyes be off from their own course than they would bump against a rock, and the tables were turned; the laughers became the laughees.1875, David W. Cartwright, Natural History of Western Wild Animals and Guide for Hunters, Trappers, and Sportsmen

Forms of laughee

plurallaughees

Origin of laughee

From laugh + -ee.

Questions about laughee

What does laughee mean?
Laughee means one who is laughed at.
What part of speech is laughee?
Laughee is a noun.
What is the plural of laughee?
The plural of laughee is laughees.

Words near laughee in the dictionary

  1. laughed out of the other side of one's mouth
  2. laughed to scorn
  3. laughed up one's sleeve
  4. laughed with
  5. laughedst
  6. laughee
  7. laughees
  8. laughen
  9. laugher
  10. laughers
  11. Laughery

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