Excerpt from Verba Nominalia: Or Words Derived From Proper Names
Abderian. Foolish or incessant laughter is so named, from Abdera, in Thrace, the birthplace of Democritus, who was much given to laughter, and who was styled the Abderite. See Whitaker; Webster.
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