Misogelast
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who hates laughter. literary, rare
"The phenomena presented by the misogelast, or laughter-hater; the agelast, or non-laugher; the gelast, who is the laugher himself, and the hypergelast, who is the laugher gone intemperate, are looked into, and as far as possible accounted for, by Dr. Sully."
Example
More examples"The phenomena presented by the misogelast, or laughter-hater; the agelast, or non-laugher; the gelast, who is the laugher himself, and the hypergelast, who is the laugher gone intemperate, are looked into, and as far as possible accounted for, by Dr. Sully."
Etymology
From miso- + Ancient Greek γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”).
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