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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)
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