risible

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɪzɪbəl/
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/ˈɹɪzɪbəl/ · /ˈɹaɪzɪbəl/

Definition of risible

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to laughter
    “the risible muscles”
    “A joke merely affected her with silent convulsive twitchings, as though the risible faculties struggled somewhere within her but could not bring the laugh to birth.”
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adj

  1. Of or pertaining to laughter
    “the risible muscles”
    “A joke merely affected her with silent convulsive twitchings, as though the risible faculties struggled somewhere within her but could not bring the laugh to birth.”
  2. Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant
    “"[…] I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion, something jealously.”
    “Do you find it risible when I say the name, 'Biggus Dickus'?”
    “Whelan called the offer "risible", describing it as a "land grab for all the terms and conditions we have negotiating over the years". He demanded a no-strings pay offer that recognises the "significant cost of living increases" since the last pay rise in 2019.”
  3. Easily laughing; prone to laughter
    “We are got indeed into a merry world, Laughing is our main buſiniſs; as if becauſe it has bin made part of the Definition of man, that he his Riſible, his man-hood conſiſted in nothing elſe.”
    “She was half risible, half concerned.”

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Etymology

From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).

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