What does 'Abderitan laughter' mean?
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'Abderitan laughter' means scoffing or incessant laughter — after Abdera, the birthplace of Democritus, the laughing philosopher. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898), human-proofread transcription on English Wikisource records: “Scoffing laughter, incessant laughter. So called from Abdēra…
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