abderian laughter
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Abderian — Ab*de ri*an, a. [From Abdera, a town in Thrace, of which place Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, was a native.] Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abderian laughter — from Abdera, in Thrace, whose citizens were proverbial as rustic simpletons who would laugh at anything or anyone they didn t understand (making their town the Hellenic equivalent of GOTHAM (Cf. Gotham)) … Etymology dictionary
abderian — adjective Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment … Wiktionary
abderian — ab·de·ri·an … English syllables
abderian — given to incessant or idiotic laughter … Grandiloquent dictionary
abderite — ˈabdəˌrīt noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Abderita, Abderites, from Greek Abdēritēs, from Abdēra, whose inhabitants were reputedly stupid + Greek itēs ite 1. : a native or inhabitant of Abdera 2. : simpleton … Useful english dictionary
