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  • 31risible — a. 1. Laughable, ridiculous, droll, ludicrous, comical, funny, farcical, amusing. 2. Producing laughter (as certain muscles) …

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  • 32risible — ris·i·ble …

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  • 33risible — UK [ˈrɪzəb(ə)l] / US adjective formal silly or bad enough to make you laugh …

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  • 34risible — ris•i•ble [[t]ˈrɪz ə bəl[/t]] adj. 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 • Etymology: 1550–60; < LL rīsibilis that… …

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  • 35risible — /ˈrɪzəbəl/ (say rizuhbuhl) adjective 1. having the faculty or power of laughing; inclined to laughter. 2. relating to or connected with laughing. 3. capable of exciting laughter; laughable or ludicrous. {Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus,… …

  • 36risible —   a. pertaining to or capable of laughter; used in laughing; laughable.    ♦ risibles, n.   pl. sense of humour; inclination to laugh.    ♦ risibility, n …

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  • 37risible — adj. riziblyo, a, e (Albanais) …

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  • 38comic comical funny laughable risible — humourous humourous adj. same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue in cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable,… …

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  • 39Risibleness — Risible Ris i*ble, a. [F., fr. L. risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. {Ridiculous}.] 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. [1913 Webster] Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the definition of man that… …

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  • 40Risibly — Risible Ris i*ble, a. [F., fr. L. risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. {Ridiculous}.] 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. [1913 Webster] Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the definition of man that… …

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