cachinnation

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Every episode of Friends is accompanied by the cachinnation of the dead.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012

A vast deal of cachinnation ensues at his various predicaments in escaping these women, Hell-bent for matrimony.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its extraordinary note, and insane and yet good-humoured prolonged and loud cachinnation is unique, and so is the appearance of the bird.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard

The smile broadens to a grin, the grin becomes a cachinnation, then, as he hugs the fun, the cachinnation deepens to a roar of laughter, and the thing is complete.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir

"We will soon learn the author of that unpleasant cachinnation," remarked the priest, quietly.

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór