gigling

Updated: May 1, 2025

And then a whisper ran through the whole congregation, "Who is she?" but when she was discovered, such sneering, gigling, tittering, and laughing ensued among the women, that Mr Allworthy was obliged to exert his authority to preserve any decency among them. A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste.

Henry Fielding - History of Tom Jones, a Foundling