risible
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ə adjective
1.
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
2.
having the ability, disposition, or readiness to laugh.
3.
pertaining to or connected with laughing.
Origin:
1550–60; < Late Latin rīsibilis that can laugh, equivalent to Latin rīs(us) (past participle of rīdēre to laugh) + -ibilis -ible
1550–60; < Late Latin rīsibilis that can laugh, equivalent to Latin rīs(us) (past participle of rīdēre to laugh) + -ibilis -ible
Related forms
un·ris·i·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. funny, humorous, comical.
1. funny, humorous, comical.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | having a tendency to laugh |
| 2. | causing laughter; ridiculous |
| [C16: from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīdēre to laugh] | |
| 'risibly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
risible
1557, "given to laughter," from L.L. risibilis "laughable, able to laugh," from L. risus, pp. of ridere "to laugh." Meaning "capable of exciting laughter, comical" is from 1727.
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Example sentences
Nothing wrong with that, except that the results were often risible.
The question that plagues his party leaders is whether this beguiling wit will propel him to political success or risible failure.
The dialogue is expectedly risible, while the story is at once elemental and incomprehensible.
Scarring from a greenhouse, now removed, is risible in the wing's east wall.
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