risible
/ˈɹɪzɪbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to laughter.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Do you find it risible when I say the name, 'Biggus Dickus'?"
- "Whelan called the offer "risible", describing it as a "land grab for all the terms and conditions we have negotiating over the years". He demanded a no-strings pay offer that recognises the "significant cost of living increases" since the last pay rise in 2019."
- "We are got indeed into a merry world, Laughing is our main buſiniſs; as if becauſe it has bin made part of the Definition of man, that he his Riſible, his man-hood conſiſted in nothing elſe."
Etymology
From Middle French risible and directly from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīsus (“laughter”) + -ibilis, from the perfect passive participle of rīdeō (“laugh”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: risible, rīsibilis, rīsus
Inflected Forms
more risible (comparative)
most risible (superlative)
Derived Forms
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
Homonyms
(one pronunciation) rizzable