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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

cachinnation immoderate laughter. XVII. — L. cachinnātiō, -ōn-, f. cachinnāre, of imit. orig.,
whence cachinnate vb. XIX. See -ATE 3, -ATION.

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