Associations to the word «Risible»

Wiktionary

RISIBLE, adjective. Of or pertaining to laughter
RISIBLE, adjective. Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant
RISIBLE, adjective. (of a person) Easily laughing; prone to laughter

Dictionary definition

RISIBLE, adjective. Arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne