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belaugh

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From Middle English belahhen, beliȝen, from Old English behlehhan, behliehhan (“to deride, exult over”), equivalent to be- + laugh. Cognate with German belachen (“to laugh at”).

verb belaughs · belaughing · belaughed

  1. transitive To laugh about; laugh over; laugh at. One step out of, one step into, our homes, our hearts, and accepted truth falls before the laughter and questing of positively revolting women belaughing our way through the wilderness of women's wildness, through the curiosity of Sarasvati, into the answers we need, the answers we know, the daughte

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@misc{belaugh_2026,
  title = {belaugh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belaugh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}