əˌneɪt verb (used without object), cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing.
to laugh loudly or immoderately.
Origin:
1815–25; < Latin cachinnātus (past participle of cachinnāre to laugh aloud, laugh immoderately), equivalent to cachinn- laugh aloud + -ātus -ate1
1815–25; < Latin cachinnātus (past participle of cachinnāre to laugh aloud, laugh immoderately), equivalent to cachinn- laugh aloud + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
cach·in·na·tion, noun
cach·in·na·tor, noun
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| —vb | |
| (intr) to laugh loudly | |
| [C19: from Latin cacchināre, probably of imitative origin] | |
| cachin'natory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
cachinnate
"to laugh loudly or immoderately," 1824, from L. cachinatum, pp. of cachinnare (see cachinnation).
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