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risible

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ris⋅i⋅ble

  [riz-uh-buhl]
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–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; < LL rīsibilis that can laugh, equiv. to L rīs(us) (ptp. of rīdēre to laugh) + -ibilis -ible

Synonyms:
1. funny, humorous, comical.
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ris·i·ble   (rĭz'ə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Relating to laughter or used in eliciting laughter.

  2. Eliciting laughter; ludicrous.

  3. Capable of laughing or inclined to laugh.


[Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus, past participle of rīdēre, to laugh.]
ris'i·bly 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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