Ris"i*ble (?), a. [F., fr. L.
risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf.
Ridiculous.] 1. Having the faculty or
power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the
definition of man that he is risible.
Dr. H.
More.
2. Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at;
amusing. "Risible absurdities." Johnson.
I hope you find nothing risible in my
complaisance.
Sir W. Scott.
3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as,
risible muscles.
&fist; Risible is sometimes used as a noun, in the plural,
for the feeling of amusement and for the muscles and other organs used
in laughing, collectively; as, unable to control one's
risibles.
Syn. -- Ludicrous; laughable; amusing; ridiculous --
Risible, Ludicrous, Ridiculous. Risible
differs from ludicrous as species from genus; ludicrous
expressing that which is playful and sportive; risible, that
which may excite laughter. Risible differs from
ridiculous, as the latter implies something contemptuous, and
risible does not.
--Ris"i*ble*ness(#), n. --
Ris"i*bly, adv.
Ris"i*ble (?), a. [F., fr. L.
risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf.
Ridiculous.] 1. Having the faculty or
power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the
definition of man that he is risible.
Dr. H.
More.
2. Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at;
amusing. "Risible absurdities." Johnson.
I hope you find nothing risible in my
complaisance.
Sir W. Scott.
3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as,
risible muscles.
&fist; Risible is sometimes used as a noun, in the plural,
for the feeling of amusement and for the muscles and other organs used
in laughing, collectively; as, unable to control one's
risibles.
Syn. -- Ludicrous; laughable; amusing; ridiculous --
Risible, Ludicrous, Ridiculous. Risible
differs from ludicrous as species from genus; ludicrous
expressing that which is playful and sportive; risible, that
which may excite laughter. Risible differs from
ridiculous, as the latter implies something contemptuous, and
risible does not.
--Ris"i*ble*ness(#), n. --
Ris"i*bly, adv.
