Guffawed

/ɡʌˈfɔd/ verb

Definition

Past tense of guffaw; laughed loudly and boisterously in an unrestrained manner.

Etymology

Regular past tense formation from the verb guffaw, formed by adding the '-ed' suffix standard to English verbs.

Kelly Says

Every time someone writes 'he guffawed,' they're using a word that's probably less than 500 years old—proving that English is constantly creating new words for new feelings and situations.

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