cachinnate
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From Latin cacchinō (“laugh aloud”), an onomatopoeia.
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cachinnate (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.
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cachinnāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of cachinnō
