laughy
/ˈlɑːfi/
laughy adjective: causing laughter; comical.
Adjective
laughy (comparative laughier, superlative laughiest)
- Causing laughter; comical.
- Oh, he’s the laughy boy, sir, wherever he is, God bless him!1864, Rosa Mulholland, ““Good-night, Shag”” (chapter XXVIII), in Dunmara; republished in Matthew Russell, editor, The Irish Monthly, volume 33, 1905, page 635
- “They’d—oose—to be—tar-ri-ble—boy-ish—when—I—know’d—’em.”
One of the laughy gurgles came after the words, like one that had been separated from its companions.(Can we date this quote?), Robert Lowell, “A Sad Young Heart” (chapter XII), in The New Priest in Conception Bay, Boston: Roberts Brothers, published 1889, page 109
Forms of laughy
| comparative | laughier |
|---|---|
| superlative | laughiest |
Origin of laughy
From laugh + -y.
Words formed from laughy
Questions about laughy
- What does laughy mean?
- Laughy means causing laughter; comical.
- What part of speech is laughy?
- Laughy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce laughy?
- Laughy is pronounced /ˈlɑːfi/.
Words near laughy in the dictionary
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