Definition
- capable of laughing
- exciting or provoking laughter
- relating to, connected with, or used in laughter
Ben is very risible
History
Risible comes from Late Latin risibilis, from the past participle of Latin ridere, "to laugh, to laugh at." The noun form is risibility
Synonym
Funny,comical,humorous
Hahahahahaha. There now I am risible!
ReplyDeleteInteresting choice, Ben. I have always thought that risible had a connotation of being something that one would laugh at, as in not take seriously. e.g. "The idea that Ben might fail a course was risible." It has always seemed to me that to say something is risible is a bit of a put down. Do you have that sense, or just the sense that it's comical and funny?
ReplyDelete~Ms. Gillis