cachinnation

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór

A female form moving among the trees told me whence had come that unexpected and ill-timed cachinnation.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

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