Laughful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of laughter; merry.

    "Thou hast been trained from thy post by some deep guile — some well-devised stratagem — the cry of some distressed maiden has caught thine ear, or the laughful look of some merry one has taken thine eye."

Example

More examples

"Thou hast been trained from thy post by some deep guile — some well-devised stratagem — the cry of some distressed maiden has caught thine ear, or the laughful look of some merry one has taken thine eye."

Etymology

From laugh + -ful.

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