lawghynge
Middle English
/ˈlau̯xinɡ/
noun
Definitions
- Laughing, the production of a laugh or snicker.
- Fun, entertainment, enjoyment, revelling.
- A humorous matter; a jest or jape.
Etymology
Affix from Middle English laughen.
Origin
Middle English
laughen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laugh English
- laughing English
- laughing stock English
- laughingly English
- laughingstock English
- laughingthrush English
- nonlaughing English
- unlaughing English
- hlæhhan Old English
- laughen Middle English
- withlaughen Middle English