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I was wondering what other words (preferably in common use) derive from "Greek gelastes (laugher), from gelan (to laugh). A related word is agelast: someone who never laughs."
Does anyone out there know of any?
Thanks - abelleauc
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gelastic
adj. - pertaining to or used in laughing
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gelasin :- dimple in the cheek that appears when one smiles
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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>(preferably in common use)
oops.
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agelast: someone who never laughs." Oh! A-gelast as in against. I've been reading it age-last. Speaking of oops.
Edit: welcome, Low A. I got this from a couple of Onelook searches:
Sorry, there are no words matching the pattern expand:gelast in the selected dictionaries.
Sorry, there are no words matching the pattern expand:gelas in the selected dictionaries.
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At onelook, enter *gelast* or *gelas*
I get 27 matches and 106 matches respectively. * matches any number of letters (including 0).
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Thanks, everyone!
I especially like gelastic.
- ABC
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