having a tendency to laugh causing laughter; ridiculous
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ris•i•ble
(riz′ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
- causing or capable of causing laughter;
laughable;
ludicrous. - having the ability, disposition, or readiness to laugh.
- pertaining to or connected with laughing.
- Late Latin rīsibilis that can laugh, equivalent. to Latin rīs(us) (past participle of rīdēre to laugh) + -ibilis -ible
- 1550–60
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged funny, humorous, comical.
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