laughern.

Brit.

/ˈlɑːfə/,

/ˈlafə/, U.S.

/ˈlæfər/

Forms: see laugh v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: laugh v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < laugh v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Dutch lacher person who laughs (1588), (regional: southern) joke (19th cent.), German Lacher person who laughs, act of laughing (both 16th cent.).

1. A person who laughs or is given to laughing. Also: a person who mocks or derides; a scoffer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [noun] > one who laughs

laugherc1430

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > one who laughs derisively

laugherc1430

irrisor1739

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 48 Cristes wepynges and teris conforteth noȝt dissolute lawheres.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Swerers and outragyous laughers.

1591 J. Lyly Endimion i. ii. sig. B2^v The Gods sitte vnequall beholders of iniuries, or laughers at Louers deceipts.

1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3^v To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weepe.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. 38 Softly, these are Laughers, you do not know 'em.

1710 R. Steele Funeral i. 1 You are of the Laughers [1702 Laughters], the Wits that take the Liberty to deride all things that are Magnificent and Solemn.

1784 W. Cowper Let. (1981) II. The laughers you mention may live to be sensible of their mistake.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) ii. 106 The public sided with the best laugher.

1897 ‘M. Twain’ More Tramps Abroad lxvii. 439 Most of them are..good-natured, and easy laughers.

1955 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 13 345 You challenge laughter's power by threatening the laugher that he'll laugh on the wrong side of his mouth.

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 1009/5 Frustrated laughers, dancers and makers of whoopee.

2005 T. G. Kardong Day by Day 13 He was a tremendous laugher. When he laughed, the windows and the doors rattled.

2. A variety of the domestic pigeon with a characteristic call that resembles laughter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Streptopelia > streptopelia senegalensis (laughing dove)

laugher1735

laugh-dove1755

laughing dove1814

1735 J. Moore Columbarium 45 (heading) Columba Ridens. The Laugher.

1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 133 The laugher is about the size of a middling runt, and of much the same make.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 21 The trumpeter and laugher, as their names express, utter a very different coo from the other breeds.

1913 J. H. Robinson Our Domest. Birds xvii. 239 Except in the Trumpeter and Laugher Pigeons, in which the voice has been peculiarly developed, the difference in the voices of the male and female is not marked.

1998 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 6 Sept. b1 Rare imported birds including 100 Lebanon Damazenes, 60 Arabian Trumpeters, 40 Egyptian Swifts and 60 Thai Laughers that repeatedly chirp ‘hee hee hee’.

3. U.S. slang.

a. Sport (originally and chiefly Baseball). A win which is achieved with great ease; a walkover, a rout.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > game > types of game

shut-out1889

scrub1892

no-hitter1907

slug-fest1916

runathon1932

perfecto1948

laugher1961

make-up game1976

1961 Times (San Mateo, Calif.) 9 Oct. 9/1 (headline) Fourth game ‘a laugher’... There's just no better way to sum up Sunday's fourth-game 7-0 New York Yankee victory.

1972 D. Delman Sudden Death (1973) iv. 101 We had gathered three [tennis] victories each..Ann, two hard-fought wins and a laugher.

2008 Republican (Springfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 23 Apr. (Sports section) c2 The host Owls turned a 3-2 game into a laugher with seven runs in the bottom of the eighth.

b. Something amusing, ridiculous, or laughable; a joke.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun]

swinging1610

shuggie-shue1653

bilboquet1743

kite-flying1804

cup and ball1836

kittly-benders1854

cakewalk1863

mudlarking1888

pogo1921

pogoing1921

yo-yo1932

waterball1950

laugher1973

karaoke1977

bouncy castle1986

paintball1987

bouncing castle1988

paintballing1989

zorbing1996

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > that which causes or is subject of laughter

laughterOE

laughing game1530

laughing matter1549

laugh1689

scream1888

shriek1930

giggle1936

hoot1942

crack-up1961

laugher1973

1973 Pennsylvania Voice 10 Oct. 8/1 There is a clause in the policy to the effect that ‘..no pet shall cause damage to University property or grounds.’.. This one is a laugher.

1988 Washington Post 29 Feb. d16/1 Pick a put-down, any put-down, and you could make it a laugher.

1999 J. Dent Junction Boys iv. 54 The three pranksters had recently pulled a real laugher on Old Man Smith.

2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. e10 ‘Deception’ has the kind of glassy, glossy sheen and risible story that mean to suggest ‘Basic Instinct’ but instead invoke lesser laughers like ‘Jade’ and ‘Sliver’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	laugher
释义	laughern. Brit. /ˈlɑːfə/, /ˈlafə/, U.S. /ˈlæfər/ Forms: see laugh v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: laugh v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < laugh v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Dutch lacher person who laughs (1588), (regional: southern) joke (19th cent.), German Lacher person who laughs, act of laughing (both 16th cent.). 1. A person who laughs or is given to laughing. Also: a person who mocks or derides; a scoffer. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > [noun] > one who laughs laugherc1430 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > one who laughs derisively laugherc1430 irrisor1739 c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 48 Cristes wepynges and teris conforteth noȝt dissolute lawheres. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Swerers and outragyous laughers. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion i. ii. sig. B2^v The Gods sitte vnequall beholders of iniuries, or laughers at Louers deceipts. 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3^v To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weepe. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. 38 Softly, these are Laughers, you do not know 'em. 1710 R. Steele Funeral i. 1 You are of the Laughers [1702 Laughters], the Wits that take the Liberty to deride all things that are Magnificent and Solemn. 1784 W. Cowper Let. (1981) II. The laughers you mention may live to be sensible of their mistake. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) ii. 106 The public sided with the best laugher. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ More Tramps Abroad lxvii. 439 Most of them are..good-natured, and easy laughers. 1955 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 13 345 You challenge laughter's power by threatening the laugher that he'll laugh on the wrong side of his mouth. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Aug. 1009/5 Frustrated laughers, dancers and makers of whoopee. 2005 T. G. Kardong Day by Day 13 He was a tremendous laugher. When he laughed, the windows and the doors rattled. 2. A variety of the domestic pigeon with a characteristic call that resembles laughter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > member of genus Streptopelia > streptopelia senegalensis (laughing dove) laugher1735 laugh-dove1755 laughing dove1814 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 45 (heading) Columba Ridens. The Laugher. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 133 The laugher is about the size of a middling runt, and of much the same make. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 21 The trumpeter and laugher, as their names express, utter a very different coo from the other breeds. 1913 J. H. Robinson Our Domest. Birds xvii. 239 Except in the Trumpeter and Laugher Pigeons, in which the voice has been peculiarly developed, the difference in the voices of the male and female is not marked. 1998 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 6 Sept. b1 Rare imported birds including 100 Lebanon Damazenes, 60 Arabian Trumpeters, 40 Egyptian Swifts and 60 Thai Laughers that repeatedly chirp ‘hee hee hee’. 3. U.S. slang. a. Sport (originally and chiefly Baseball). A win which is achieved with great ease; a walkover, a rout. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > game > types of game shut-out1889 scrub1892 no-hitter1907 slug-fest1916 runathon1932 perfecto1948 laugher1961 make-up game1976 1961 Times (San Mateo, Calif.) 9 Oct. 9/1 (headline) Fourth game ‘a laugher’... There's just no better way to sum up Sunday's fourth-game 7-0 New York Yankee victory. 1972 D. Delman Sudden Death (1973) iv. 101 We had gathered three [tennis] victories each..Ann, two hard-fought wins and a laugher. 2008 Republican (Springfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 23 Apr. (Sports section) c2 The host Owls turned a 3-2 game into a laugher with seven runs in the bottom of the eighth. b. Something amusing, ridiculous, or laughable; a joke. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] swinging1610 shuggie-shue1653 bilboquet1743 kite-flying1804 cup and ball1836 kittly-benders1854 cakewalk1863 mudlarking1888 pogo1921 pogoing1921 yo-yo1932 waterball1950 laugher1973 karaoke1977 bouncy castle1986 paintball1987 bouncing castle1988 paintballing1989 zorbing1996 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > that which causes or is subject of laughter laughterOE laughing game1530 laughing matter1549 laugh1689 scream1888 shriek1930 giggle1936 hoot1942 crack-up1961 laugher1973 1973 Pennsylvania Voice 10 Oct. 8/1 There is a clause in the policy to the effect that ‘..no pet shall cause damage to University property or grounds.’.. This one is a laugher. 1988 Washington Post 29 Feb. d16/1 Pick a put-down, any put-down, and you could make it a laugher. 1999 J. Dent Junction Boys iv. 54 The three pranksters had recently pulled a real laugher on Old Man Smith. 2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. e10 ‘Deception’ has the kind of glassy, glossy sheen and risible story that mean to suggest ‘Basic Instinct’ but instead invoke lesser laughers like ‘Jade’ and ‘Sliver’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1430
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