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Word entry · 7 letters

risible

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"Likely to draw laughs"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɪzɪbəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted beiilrsStarts with REnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. arousing or provoking laughter

Word origin

From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).

Used in a sentence

  • the risible muscles
  • A joke merely affected her with silent convulsive twitchings, as though the risible faculties struggled somewhere within her but could not bring the laugh to birth.
  • "[…] I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion, something jealously.

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