gigglesome

English

Alternative forms

• giggle-some

Etymology

giggle +‎ -some

Adjective

gigglesome (comparative more gigglesome, superlative most gigglesome)

1. Characterised or marked by giggling.
   • 1996, Conversations with Kentucky Writers:

     And I ran across one the other day, "gigglesome." "The children were so gigglesome," which I think is just wonderful.

   • 2000, Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock:

     The phone rang constantly and long gigglesome conversations took place on it.

   • 2006, Justin Wintle, Romancing Vietnam:

     We are joined by Michael Fathers, Asia editor of The Independent, and his not-very-bright, gigglesome interpreter, I think another Nguyen.

   • 2013, Siobhán Parkinson, Amelia:

     Everyone was puffed and pink by now, having danced to Papa's friend's gramophone for a good half-hour in a fairly confined space, which meant a certain amount of giggle-some jostling and a good deal of body heat, so that the air was over-warm and unhealthy with the scent of talcum and cheap cologne and the inside panes of the orangery were clouded.

   • 2015, JJ Marsh, Behind Closed Doors:

     But the truth was that she was twice as high-spirited and gigglesome as her companion.

Quotations

• 1994 - Quoted in Jean-Jacques Lecercle - Philosophy of Nonsense: The Intuitions of Victorian Nonsense Literature

  "If the soul cannot snoop at the gigglesome cart / seeking surcease in gluggety-glug . . ."

Synonyms

• bubbly, giggly