Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of divination drawn from laughter, or a method of ascertaining the qualities and character of a person from observation of his way of laughing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Divination by means of laughter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun rare Divination by means of laughter.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Ancient Greek

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word geloscopy.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • Fortune-telling by means of laughter.

    May 13, 2008

  • JM is becoming a gelotologist and specialising in geloscopy, just for the fun of it.

    February 1, 2009

  • It would be fun if this word had a connection to:

    "He had a broad face and a little round belly,

    that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly."

    March 15, 2010

  • grin-zen

    September 2, 2011