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Of or pertaining to cachinnation; relating to or consisting in loud laughter. To which, of course, I replied to the best of my cachinnatory powers. Bulwer, Pelham, xxxvi.

I know not whether it be prudent to come to terms with any man, however stentorian his lungs, or flexible his facial organs, with a view to engage him as a cachinnatory machine. — Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
"And after she had concluded her cachinnatory outburst, she coolly told me she would rather have 'MICHAEL.' — Peg O' My Heart
Such emotional superlatives merely create in the reader a cachinnatory revulsion. — The Dramatic Values in Plautus
And, in the case of certain monkeys, the action of the facial muscles was accompanied by cachinnatory sounds. — The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals
On which timely joke there follow cachinnatory buzzes of approval. — The French Revolution