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risibility

risibility noun: the property of being risible.

Noun

risibility (usually uncountable, plural risibilities)

  1. (usually) The property of being risible.
    • Lady Anne was very angry, both at herself and the Count; nevertheless, his perfect simplicity and sincerity, and the nonchalance with which he spoke, amused her as much as it vexed her; and, as poor Georgiana, after various efforts to subdue her risibility, was constrained to laugh outright, the...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 311

Forms of risibility

pluralrisibilities

Questions about risibility

What does risibility mean?
Risibility means the property of being risible.
What part of speech is risibility?
Risibility is a noun.
What is the plural of risibility?
The plural of risibility is risibilities.

Words near risibility in the dictionary

  1. Rishton
  2. Rishworth
  3. Rishworths
  4. Risi
  5. risibilities
  6. risibility
  7. risible
  8. risibleness
  9. risibles
  10. risibly
  11. rising

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