Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to the town of Abdera or its inhabitants; resembling or recalling in some way the philosopher Democritus of Abdera (see Abderite); hence, given to incessant or continued laughter.
Wiktionary
- adj. Foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
Etymologies
- From Abderian, from Abdera (the town in Thrace where Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, lived) + -ian. (Wiktionary)
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Lists
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Logolepsy
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LQTM
Words that make me Laugh Quietly to Myself (its more honest) or refer to humor.
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My First Wordnik List
Just a list to get me started on Wordnik! :)
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
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Units Of Language
Word:
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
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Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
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Master Rahl guide us.
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jmjarmstrong JM loves his work with the Abderians – what a hoot! Aug 9, 2009
PossibleUnderscore More specifically, it means that one is given to excessive or incessant idiotic laughter. Jul 20, 2009
reesetee Heehee. Oct 2, 2007
halcyonwhimsy Cute play on words!
This means that one is given to excessive or incessant laughter. Oct 2, 2007
reesetee Hahaha! Oh...sorry. Guess that was foolish. ;-> Sep 24, 2007