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English
Etymology
From giggle + -some.
Adjective
gigglesome (comparative more gigglesome, superlative most gigglesome)
- Characterised or marked by giggling.
- 1996, Conversations with Kentucky Writers:
- And I ran across one the other day, "gigglesome." "The children were so gigglesome," which I think is just wonderful.
2000, Christopher Nolan, Under the Eye of the Clock:The phone rang constantly and long gigglesome conversations took place on it.
2006, Justin Wintle, Romancing Vietnam:We are joined by Michael Fathers, Asia editor of The Independent, and his not-very-bright, gigglesome interpreter, I think another Nguyen.
2013, Siobhán Parkinson, Amelia:Everyone was puffed and pink by now, having danced to Papa's friend's gramophone for a good half-hour in a fairly confined space, which meant a certain amount of giggle-some jostling and a good deal of body heat, so that the air was over-warm and unhealthy with the scent of talcum and cheap cologne and the inside panes of the orangery were clouded.
2015, JJ Marsh, Behind Closed Doors:But the truth was that she was twice as high-spirited and gigglesome as her companion.
Quotations
- 1994 - Quoted in Jean-Jacques Lecercle - Philosophy of Nonsense: The Intuitions of Victorian Nonsense Literature
- "If the soul cannot snoop at the gigglesome cart / seeking surcease in gluggety-glug . . ."
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