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ridibund

/ˈɹɪdɪbʌnd/US/ˈɹɪdəˌbənd/

ridibund adjective: inclined to and easily brought to laughter; happy.

Adjective

ridibund (comparative more ridibund, superlative most ridibund)

  1. (rare) Inclined to and easily brought to laughter; happy.
    • Lachfroſch m. laughing or ridibund1863, Christoph Friedrich Grieb, A Dictionary of the English and German Languages, Lachfrosch, page 531
    • If Ischia could procure a well-regulated outlet after the manner of Stromboli, this danger might be averted and a more ridibund race of mortals evolved.1931, Norman Douglas, Summer Islands: Ischia and Ponza, page 19

Forms of ridibund

comparativemore ridibund
superlativemost ridibund

Origin of ridibund

From the Latin rīdibundus, from rīdeō (“to laugh”) + -bundus.

Questions about ridibund

What does ridibund mean?
Ridibund means inclined to and easily brought to laughter; happy.
What part of speech is ridibund?
Ridibund is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ridibund?
Ridibund is pronounced /ˈɹɪdɪbʌnd/ (UK).

Words near ridibund in the dictionary

  1. Ridgway's rail
  2. Ridgway's rails
  3. Ridgways
  4. ridgy
  5. ridgy-didge
  6. ridibund
  7. ridic
  8. ridicle
  9. ridiculable
  10. ridicularities
  11. ridicularity

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