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Definition of Risible
1. Adjective. Arousing or provoking laughter. "Risible courtroom antics"
Similar to: Humorous, Humourous
Derivative terms: Comedy, Comic, Comedy, Comedy, Comicality, Fun, Funniness, Laugh, Mirthfulness, Risibility
Definition of Risible
1. a. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
Definition of Risible
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to laughter ¹
2. Adjective. Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of a person) Easily laughing; prone to laughter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Risible
1. inclined to laugh [adj] : RISIBLY [adv]
Medical Definition of Risible
1. 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. "Laughing is our busines, . . . It has been made the definition of man that he is risible." (Dr. H. More) 2. Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing. "Risible absurdities." "I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance." (Sir W. Scott) 3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles. Risible is sometimes used as a noun, in the plural, for the feeling of amusement and for the muscles and other organs used in laughing, collectively; as, unable to control one's risibles. Synonym: Ludicrous, laughable, amusing, ridiculous Risible, Ludicrous, Ridiculous. Risible differs from ludicrous as species from genus; ludicrous expressing that which is playful and sportive; risible, that which may excite laughter. Risible differs from ridiculous, as the latter implies something contemptuous, and risible does not. Ris"ibleness, Ris"ibly. Origin: F, fr. L. Risibilis, fr. Ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. Ridiculous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Risible
Literary usage of Risible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1844)
"risible OBJECTS. risible objects expressed externally by laughter—Ludicrous
objects such as art playful or jocular—Trivial and ..."
2. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1870)
"risible OBJECTS. 245. SUCH is the nature of man, that his powers and faculties
are soon blunted by exercise. The returns of sleep, suspending all activity, ..."
3. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames, James Robert Boyd (1855)
"risible OBJECTS. 245. SUCH is the nature of man, that his powers and faculties
are soon blunted by exercise. The returns of sleep, suspending all activity, ..."
4. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1833)
"risible OBJECTS. risible objecta expressed externally by laughter—Ludicrous
objects such as are playful or jocular—Trivial and ..."
5. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1829)
"Ludicrous, therefore, seems the genus, of which risible is a species, limited as
above to what makes us laugh. However easy it may be, concerning any ..."
6. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1823)
"risible OBJECTS. SUCH is the nature of man, that his powers and faculties are
soon blunted by exercise. The returns of sleep, suspending all activity, ..."
7. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1819)
"To that end, nature hath kindly made a provision of many objects, which may be
distinguished by the epithet of risible, because they raise in us a peculiar ..."
8. Elements of Criticism: With Analyses, and Translation of Ancient and Foreign by Henry Home Kames, Mills, Abraham (1847)
"risible OBJECTS. risible objects expressed externally by laughter—Ludicrous
objects such as are playful or jocular—Trivial and ..."
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