Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laughtersome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: laugh-ter-some
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by laughter

Example Sentences

"They are a low, laughtersome company."
"Considered from this point of view, we say Punch is a really amusing and laughtersome publication."
"There also is mad Becky Wells, the laughtersome comedian who molested Mrs. Crewe and Miss Burney by dogging their footsteps round a picture gallery, …"
"With her soul of attitudes, she must have felt herself in a double mood — heroic under strain, and laughtersome at care."
"Its laughtersome shrills / Knowing ahead soul is what God deals [...]"

Etymology

From laughter + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: laughter

Inflected Forms

more laughtersome (comparative) most laughtersome (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

laughsome

Questions

What does laughtersome mean?: Characterised or marked by laughter
Where does laughtersome come from?: From laughter + -some.

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