agelast

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person. rare
    — As a real agelast in a comedy, he is beaten. The beating of an agelast is the most important point of the comedy.

词形变化

agelasts plural

词源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγέλαστος (agélastos, “not laughing”), from γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”). Attributed to a French coinage by François Rabelais (ca.1483–1494—1553).
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