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 Ris·i·ble a.
 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.”
    I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance.   --Sir W. Scott.
 3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.
 Note: ☞ 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.
 Usage: 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.
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