Definitions
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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Likely to draw laughs”7 letters
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