Lexicographical Neighbors of Risibles
Literary usage of Risibles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Power of Concentration by Theron Q. Dumont (1877)
"Nous disons ou faisons des choses risibles de ce genre, toutes les fois que nous
sommes induits en erreur, non par notre faute et par un manque de jugement, ..."
2. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1857)
"At times his sense of the ludicrous would seem to be excessive, so that his
risibles would become uncontrollable. He had a kind heart, and a ready hand ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1855)
"1 again demanded of him ; and yet I was afraid his risibles would be infectious.
' What's out, Tise?' demanded I. ' Oh ! I can't help it, ha! ha ! ha! ..."
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