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risibles

/ˈɹɪzɪbəlz/

risibles noun: the muscles and other organs used in laughing.

Noun

risibles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The muscles and other organs used in laughing.
    • It is truly melancholy to see so many minds employed in catering for the risibles and lachrymals of weak men and silly women1843, “Habits of Reading”, in The Mother's Magazine
    • Our General was so tickled […] that it was some time before he could get command of his risibles sufficiently to thank Joe for what he had done.1866, Richard Miller Devens, The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the War of the Rebellion, page 237

Origin of risibles

Plural of risible

Questions about risibles

What does risibles mean?
Risibles means the muscles and other organs used in laughing.
What part of speech is risibles?
Risibles is a noun.
How do you pronounce risibles?
Risibles is pronounced /ˈɹɪzɪbəlz/.

Words near risibles in the dictionary

  1. Risi
  2. risibilities
  3. risibility
  4. risible
  5. risibleness
  6. risibles
  7. risibly
  8. rising
  9. rising above
  10. rising action
  11. rising actions

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