laughsomeadj.
/ˈlɑːfs(ə)m/, /ˈlafs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈlæfsəm/ 1. Inclined to laughter; mirthful. Also figurative. rare.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [adjective] > inclined to laugh
risible1557
laughter-loving1592
laughsome1612
ridibundal1652
laughy1811
laughful1825
laughterful1874
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective]
impertinenta1425
royeta1522
absurd1531
preposterous1533
ridiculous1533
deaf?1541
monstrous?1549
fabulous1561
fanatical1598
fantastical1600
laughable1600
fantasticc1616
nonsense1621
arsy-versy1628
absonous1642
nonsensical1645
ridicule?1669
fancical1671
grotesque1747
rich1836
saugrenu1876
laughsome1884
cockeyed1894
hilarious1925
Rube Goldberg1928
whimsy-whamsy1931
Rube Goldbergian1933
cockamamie1941
fantasticated1960
fanciful-
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. vi. 175 No more good Sir, quoth Sancho, for I confesse I haue beene somewhat too laughsome.
1884 G. Allen Philistia I. iv. 113 Fly away, sweet little frolicsome, laughsome creature.
1906 F. L. Sanderson tr. H. de Balzac in tr. F. Brunetière Honoré de Balzac iii. 75 Upon the base of this palace, I, childlike and laughsome, shall have traced the immense arabesque of The One Hundred Droll Stories.
2. That causes laughter; amusing.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective]
mirthfula1547
mirth-moving1598
laughable1600
mirth-inspiring1725
laugh-at-able1759
laughsome1798
mirth-provoking1828
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 6 Nay, if thou'st got a laughsome tale, Marinere! come with me.
1808 J. Cottle Fall of Cambria II. xix. 117 The laughsome tale of bold Prince David's flight.
1914 F. P. Adams By & Large (1920) 127 I heard the laughsome art of McIntyre And Heath.
1944 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 27 Feb. 2/3 Others among the 16 all-star acts include the laughsome mimicry of Stan Greenspan.
2009 Independent (Nexis) 9 Mar. (Extra section) 4 Pitch-perfect pastiche of America's dominant musical styles: immediately recognisable, and instantly laughsome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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