LAUGHTER

LAUGHTER. → A time for Ec 3:4 → Attributed to God Ps 37:13; 59:8; Pr 1:26 → See HAPPINESS → See JOY

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laughter. Laughter, n. a convulsive merry noise, sport, jest

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Laugh″ter (?), n. [[AS. hleahtor; akin to OHG. hlahtar, G. gelächter, Icel. hlātr, Dan. latter. See Laugh, v. i. ]] A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i. The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. Sir T. Browne. Archly the maiden smiled, and with eyes overrunning with laughter. Longfellow.