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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; < 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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Risible
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- When asked about his chosen genre, he has no choice but to utter those four risible syllables: psychobilly.
- The fourth consequence, of course, is that any more talk of a peace deal this year will seem simply risible.
- Their simplifications, generalizations and appalling command of logic only make their whining more risible.
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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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