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cachinnation

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cach⋅in⋅nate

  [kak-uh-neyt]
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–verb (used without object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to laugh loudly or immoderately.
Origin:
1815–25; < L cachinnātus (ptp. of cachinnāre to laugh aloud, laugh immoderately), equiv. to cachinn- laugh aloud + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
cach⋅in⋅na⋅tion, noun
cach⋅in⋅na⋅tor, noun
cach⋅in⋅na⋅to⋅ry  [kak-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, kuh-kin-uh-] , adjective
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cach·in·nate   (kāk'ə-nāt')   
intr.v.   cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing, cach·in·nates
To laugh hard, loudly, or convulsively; guffaw.

[Latin cachinnāre, cachinnāt-, of imitative origin.]
cach'in·na'tion n., cach'in·na'tor n.
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cachinnation cach·in·na·tion (kāk'ə-nā'shən)
n.
Loud, hard, or compulsive laughter without apparent cause.

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