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hypergelast

noun /ˌhaɪpəɹd͡ʒəˈlæst/

  1. Someone who laughs excessively.

    America had become a laughing nation, a country of frivolists and hypergelasts, a culture dangerously out of control.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”), from γελάω (geláō, “I laugh”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hypergelast (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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