Giggledom

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A state of giggling; laughter. rare, uncountable

    "The young women — many of them more sexually experienced than I was — survived my hesitant remarks in a state of barely suppressed giggledom yet their mothers seemed oddly reassured when they left."

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"The young women — many of them more sexually experienced than I was — survived my hesitant remarks in a state of barely suppressed giggledom yet their mothers seemed oddly reassured when they left."

Etymology

From giggle + -dom.

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