laughlike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English laugh Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English laughlike From laugh + -like.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to or reminiscent of a laugh.
The careless smile, like a bright banner borne: The laughlike merriment; the lip of scorn; And for a cloak, what is there that can be So difficult to pierce as gaiety?
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XII. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 82:
Translations (2)
de lachähnlich (Translations) · fi naurun kaltainen (Translations)