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laugh⋅ter

  [laf-ter, lahf-]
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–noun
1. the action or sound of laughing.
2. an inner quality, mood, disposition, etc., suggestive of laughter; mirthfulness: a man of laughter and goodwill.
3. an expression or appearance of merriment or amusement.
4. Archaic. an object of laughter; subject or matter for amusement.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hleahtor; c. OHG hlahtar, ON hlātr; see laugh

Related forms:
laugh⋅ter⋅less, adjective
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laugh·ter   (lāf'tər, läf'-)   
n.  

  1. The act of laughing.

  2. The sound produced by laughing.

  3. Archaic A cause or subject for laughter.


[Middle English, from Old English hleahtor.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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