risible

Definitions


[ˈrʌɪzɪbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- provoking laughter through being ludicrous
(e.g: a risible scene of lovemaking in a tent)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘inclined to laughter’): from late Latin risibilis, from Latin ris- ‘laughed’, from the verb ridere




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