Word of the Day

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MONDAY, JANUARY 6

Risible

[RIZ-ə-bəl]Part of speech: adjective

Origin: latin, 16th century

• Causing laughter
• Pertaining to laughter

Examples of Risible in a sentence

• I was in a grumpy mood, but the risible new Netflix cartoon show turned it around. 
• He was laughing for so long that the risible muscles in his cheeks started to ache. 

About Risible

Risible is a funny word. It’s an adjective used to describe anything related to laughing. It could be something funny that causes laughter; it could be a person who is prone to laughing; it could describe something related to laughter. It’s all fun and games.

Did you Know?

The word risible comes from the Latin word “risus,” which is a conjugation of the verb “ridēre,” which means to laugh. But it’s often used to describe something laughable or ridiculous, not necessarily funny ha-ha.

Comments

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Napoleon Solo was in a bad mood. He had introduced himself to the new girl in communications and she had burst into laughter at his name. The beautiful woman became much less appealing in Napoleon's view as she doubled over, snorting with tears running down her face.

Illya noticing his bad mood asked the reason. After Napoleon told him about the incident he responded, "Well you do have to admit your name can be quite risible."

"Ha, ha, ha very funny."