gelasticadj.

/dʒɪˈlastɪk/

Etymology: < Greek γελαστικός, < γελᾶν to laugh.

rare.

Serving the function of laughter, risible. Also (humorous nonce-use) as n. plural, remedies operating by causing laughter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [adjective]

risible1671

gelastica1704

risorial1855

a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 12 My Friendly Pill..causes all Complections to Laugh or Smile..which it effects, by dilating and expanding the Gelastic Muscles, first of all discover'd by my self.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. ii. 410 A rising Clergyman publishing a Sermon against uninspir'd Prophecies..Apologetically..seem'd to excuse that venerable Cambrian Prelate's Prophetick Vein..not without a Gelastick deference to so great a name.

1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 147 Happy man would be his dole who when he had made up his mind..to a dreadful course of drastics, should find that gelastics had been substituted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	gelastic
释义	gelasticadj. /dʒɪˈlastɪk/ Etymology: < Greek γελαστικός, < γελᾶν to laugh. rare. Serving the function of laughter, risible. Also (humorous nonce-use) as n. plural, remedies operating by causing laughter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [adjective] risible1671 gelastica1704 risorial1855 a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 12 My Friendly Pill..causes all Complections to Laugh or Smile..which it effects, by dilating and expanding the Gelastic Muscles, first of all discover'd by my self. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. ii. 410 A rising Clergyman publishing a Sermon against uninspir'd Prophecies..Apologetically..seem'd to excuse that venerable Cambrian Prelate's Prophetick Vein..not without a Gelastick deference to so great a name. 1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 147 Happy man would be his dole who when he had made up his mind..to a dreadful course of drastics, should find that gelastics had been substituted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.a1704
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