Definition of Risibility

1. Noun. A disposition to laugh.

Generic synonyms: Good Nature
Derivative terms: Risible

Definition of Risibility

1. n. The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species.

Definition of Risibility

1. Noun. The property of being risible. ¹

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Definition of Risibility

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Risibility

risen up
riser
riser main
riser pipe
riser pipeline
risers
rises
rises up
risest
riseth
rish
rishi
rishis
risibilities
risibility (current term)
risibles
risibly
rising
rising action
rising damp
rising prices
rising slope
rising star
rising tide
rising trot
rising up
risings
risk

Literary usage of Risibility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Historical Sketch of the Art of Caricaturing by James Peller Malcolm (1813)
"The Quaker child, habited in the fashion of his sect, sat with the gravity of a preacher; he smiled only when the conversation excited risibility, and, ..."

2. Postal Salaries: Hearings, Sixty-sixth Congress, First [second] Session by United States, Congress, Joint Commission on Postal Salaries (1920)
"... and the man without sufficient brawn and brain should not be accepted, because he is an added re<p ¡risibility to the men with whom he is assigned. ..."

3. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"power of Un-hter ; risibility. RISQUE, ». m. risk ; danger. Courir risque de —, to run the risk of—to stand the chance of—. .1 tout nV ..."

4. Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington by James Lackington (1830)
"And think, that risibility was giv'n For human happiness, by gracious heav'n, Careto our coffin adds a nail no doubt. And ev'ry grin, so merry, ..."

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