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risable

risable is the misspelling of risible.

Meaning of risible

Adjective

risible (comparative more risible, superlative most risible)

  1. Of or pertaining to laughter.
    • the risible muscles
  2. Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant.
    • "[…] I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion, something jealously.1822, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 277
  3. Easily laughing; prone to laughter.
    • 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.1674, Anonymous [Richard Allestree?], “Of Scoffing and Deriſion”, in The Government of the Tongue, At the Theater in Oxford, page 119

Questions about risable

What is risable the misspelling of?
Risable is the misspelling of risible.

Words near risable in the dictionary

  1. riroriro
  2. riroriros
  3. RIRs
  4. RIS
  5. RISA
  6. risable
  7. Risako
  8. risala
  9. risalah
  10. risalahdar
  11. risalahdars

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