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risibility
[ riz-uh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
, plural ris·i·bil·i·ties.
- Often risibilities. the ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd.
risibility
/ ˌrɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ /
noun
- a tendency to laugh
- hilarity; laughter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of risibility1
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Example Sentences
His light-heartedness and risibility were often assumed to hide bitter resentment or boiling indignation.
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And they were soon joined by Sir Sedley Clarendel, whose quaint conceits and remarks assisted the risibility of the scene.
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My "caubeen" especially excited the risibility of the merry boys who thronged the streets.
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A passage which I can refer only to the erudition and risibility of our modern surgeons and anatomists.
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I was noted, among my comrades, and not always to my advantage, for my absolutely ungovernable risibility.
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