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1. (adj.) risible
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
2. risible
having the ability, disposition, or readiness to laugh.
3. risible
pertaining to or connected with laughing.
Etymology: (1550–60; < LL rīsibilis that can laugh < L rīs(us), ptp. of rīdēre to laugh)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible
arousing or provoking laughter
"an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
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1. (adj) risible
having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh
2. (adj) risible
exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing
3. (adj) risible
used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles
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