Meanings
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adj
Of or pertaining to laughter
The risible muscles.
Thesaurus
Word family
Derived forms
irrisiblerisiblenessrisibly
Related forms
deridablederisible
Etymology
From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).