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laughableness

laughableness noun: the state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.

Noun

laughableness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
    • We obtain a true perception of the laughableness of this sort of buffoonery.1889, Alfred Emerson, “On the Conception of Low Comedy in Aristophanes”, in The American Journal of Philology, volume 10, number 3, page 276
    • They encounter Empousa, the comic monster, who reminds us in spite of her laughableness of the dangerousness of the other.1989, Richard F. Moorton Jr., “Rites of Passage in Aristophanes' Frogs”, in The American Journal of Philology, volume 84, number 4, page 317

Origin of laughableness

From laughable + -ness.

Questions about laughableness

What does laughableness mean?
Laughableness means the state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
What part of speech is laughableness?
Laughableness is a noun.

Words near laughableness in the dictionary

  1. laugh-out-loud
  2. laugh-track
  3. laugh-tracks
  4. laughability
  5. laughable
  6. laughableness
  7. laughably
  8. laughaholic
  9. laughaholics
  10. Laugharne
  11. Laugharne Township

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