laughable
/ˈlaːfəbl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred."
- "It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody."
- "“Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laughable. Never mind that my mother didn’t meet Major Hewitt until long after I was born,” he wrote."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *klek- Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan Old English hliehhander. Old English hlæhhan Middle English laughen, laghen English laugh Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English laughable From laugh + -able.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlaːfəbl̩/
- British English: /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more laughable (comparative)
most laughable (superlative)