risible

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[edit] Etymology

From French risible < Late Latin rīsibilis < rīdeō "I laugh"

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risible (comparative more risible, superlative most risible)

Positive
risible

Comparative
more risible

Superlative
most risible

  1. Of or pertaining to laughter.
    • 1912, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Hocken and Hunken, ch. 20:
      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.
    • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak, ch. 34:
      "I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion.
  3. (of a person) Easily laughing; prone to laughter.
    • 1897, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved. ch. 8:
      She was half risible, half concerned.

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[edit] French

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From Late Latin rīsibilis < rīdeō "I laugh"

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risible m. (f. risible, m. plural risibles, f. plural risibles)

  1. risible

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin rīsibilis < rīdeō "I laugh"

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risible m. and f. (plural risibles)

  1. risible