intransitive verb
-·nat·ed, -·nat·ing to laugh loudly or too much
Origin of cachinnate
from Classical Latin cachinnatus, past participle of cachinnare: ultimately of echoic origin, originallycachinnate
cach·in·nate
verb
To cachinnate is to laugh loudly or laugh hard.
When you give a big, loud laugh at a joke, this is an example of a time when you cachinnate.
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cachinnate
intransitive verb
cach·in·nat·ed, cach·in·nat·ing, cach·in·natesTo laugh hard, loudly, or convulsively; guffaw.
Origin of cachinnate
Latin cachinnāre cachinnāt- of imitative originRelated Forms:
- cach′in·na′tion
noun
- cach′in·na′tor
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present cachinnates, present participle cachinnating, simple past and past participle cachinnated)
- (intransitive) To laugh loudly, immoderately, or too often.
- The villain began to cachinnate and twirl his moustache.
Origin
From Latin cacchinō (“laugh aloud”), an onomatopoeia.
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- cachinnate
- cachinnation
- cachinnations
- cachinnator