About The Word Risible
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Risible
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What's The Definition Of Risible?
[adj] arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Risible: amusing | comic | comical | funny | humorous | humourous | laughable | mirthful Related Terms | Find terms related to Risible: See Also | Risible In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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.'' --Johnson.
I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance.
--Sir W.
Scott.
3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.
Note: 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.
Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; amusing; ridiculous -- {Risible},
{Ludicrous}, {Ridiculous}.
Usage: 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.
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