Risible Definition

rĭzə-bəl
adjective
Of or connected with laughter.
Webster's New World
Able or inclined to laugh.
Webster's New World
Causing laughter; laughable; funny; amusing.
Webster's New World
The definition of risible is a person or thing with the ability to laugh, is related to laughing or is funny.
An example of risible is a monkey capable of laughing.
An example of risible is the comedy of Tina Fey.
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Of or pertaining to laughter.

The risible muscles.
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Origin of Risible

  • From French risible. from Late Latin rÄ«sibilis, rÄ«sus (“laughter") + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rÄ«deō (“laugh").

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin rīsibilis from Latin rīsus past participle of rīdēre to laugh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Risible Sentence Examples

  • Hence all the fancy projections of fabulous economic returns are quite frankly risible.

  • The celebration of ethnic particularism is becoming more and more risible.

  • Byatt seldom meets an adjective or adverb she doesn't like, and the result is often risible rather than revelatory.

  • It's uninspiringly generic, but delivered with such cumbersome and charmless aggression that it soon becomes irksome, even risible in places.

  • Your definition of English is alternately risible or repugnant, if you meant it in earnest.

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Words Starting With

RRIRIS

Words Ending With

ELEBLE

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Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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