risible
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French risible. from Late Latin rīsibilis, rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
risible (comparative more risible, superlative most risible)
- Of or pertaining to laughter
- the risible muscles
- 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.
- Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant
- 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak, ch. 34:
- "I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion.
- 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak, ch. 34:
- (of a person) Easily laughing; prone to laughter
- Dr H. More
- It has been made the definition of man that he is risible.
- 1897, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved. ch. 8:
- She was half risible, half concerned.
- Dr H. More
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
prone to laughter
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin rīsibilis, from rīdeō (“to laugh”)
Adjective [edit]
risible (masculine and feminine, plural risibles)
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin rīsibilis, from rīdeō (“to laugh”)
Adjective [edit]
risible m and f (plural risibles)
