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Etymology

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guffaw +‎ -ish

Adjective

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guffawish (comparative more guffawish, superlative most guffawish)

  1. Of laughter, loud and unrestrained.
  2. Of people, given to unrestrained laughter.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 613:
      Lieutenants Creek, Looker, Jones, Dwyer? Callow, guffawish, no longer her meat.