gargalesisEtymologyFrom Ancient Greek γαργαλίζω (gargalízō, “tickle”) + -esis.gargalesis means heavy tickling often leading to laughter. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nounHeavy tickling often leading to laughter.“Pending a better nomenclature we suggest for the former the term knismesis and for the latter the term gargalesis, with the adjectives knismic and gargalic, hyperknismesis and hyper-gargalesis for excess, etc.”