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misogelast

misogelast noun: one who hates laughter.

Noun

misogelast (plural misogelasts)

  1. (literary, rare) One who hates laughter.
    • The phenomena presented by the misogelast, or laughter-hater; the agelast, or non-laugher; the gelast, who is the laugher himself, and the hypergelast, who is the laugher gone intemperate, are looked into, and as far as possible accounted for, by Dr. Sully.1903 March, “Views and Reviews”, in The Catholic World, volume LXXVI, number 456, New York, N.Y.: The Paulist Fathers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 839
    • Analysts of humour no longer have to justify their endeavours by claiming to be battling against recognizable figures who refuse to laugh or who disdain the comic. No-one today wishes to be thought a misogelast, and certainly not to acquire one as a partner.2005, Michael Billig, “Superiority Theories: Hobbes and Other Misogelasts”, in Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Laughter, London […]: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 14

Forms of misogelast

pluralmisogelasts

Origin of misogelast

From miso- + Ancient Greek γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”).

Questions about misogelast

What does misogelast mean?
Misogelast means one who hates laughter.
What part of speech is misogelast?
Misogelast is a noun.
What is the plural of misogelast?
The plural of misogelast is misogelasts.

Words near misogelast in the dictionary

  1. misogamic
  2. misogamist
  3. misogamists
  4. misogamous
  5. misogamy
  6. misogelast
  7. misogelastic
  8. misogelasts
  9. misogi
  10. misogyn
  11. misogyne

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