risible


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
risible /ˈrɪzɪb(ə)l/
adjective such as to provoke laughter.
– derivatives
risibility noun,
risibly adverb.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘inclined to laughter’): from late L. risibilis, from L. ris-, ridere ‘to laugh’.
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