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Provided by the compucert cachinnate \KAK-uh-neyt\, verb:
To laugh loudly or immoderately.
Cachinnate evolves into the English cackle , but derives from the Sanskrit kakhati, "laughs."
testicular fortitude
balls, guts, intestinal fortitude
He lacked the testicular fortitude to stand up to his boss.
Trivia
In Renaissance days, what were the doppio, the canary, the galliard, and the tordion?
Dances.
History
San Marino: independent country inside Italy — arguably the world's smallest and oldest republic — was founded (301)
Richard the Lion-Hearted: was crowned king of England after defeating his father, Henry II (1189)
Treaty of Paris: the US Revolutionary War came to an official end (1783)
Malcolm Campbell: English racer and journalist became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah (1935)
Birthdays
Steve Jones (55), musician, guitarist - Sex Pistols
Edward Filene (1860-1937): eponymous retailer and a developer of the "bargain basement"; merchant Mark Hopkins (1814-1878) shared this birth date
Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951): auto designer
Mort Walker (87): cartoonist, Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois
Alison Lurie (84): Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Foreign Affairs; also, writers Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) and Caryl Churchill (72)
Ruth Orkin (1921-1985): photographer and filmmaker
Charlie Sheen (45): actor, Two and a Half Men; other actors who celebrate a birthday today include Helen Wagner (1918-2010), Anne Jackson (84), Eileen Brennan (78), Pauline Collins (70), Valerie Perrine (67), Steve Schirripa (53), Costas Mandylor (45) and Nick Wechsler (32)
Shaun White (24): skate- and snowboard gold medalist
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