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.

laughter.

Origin of risibility

From the Late Latin word rīsibilitās, dating back to 1610–20. See risible, -ity

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Examples from the Web for risibility

Historical Examples of risibility

Not so Caspar—whose mirth was at once excited to the point of risibility.
The Cliff Climbers
Captain Mayne Reid
My "caubeen" especially excited the risibility of the merry boys who thronged the streets.
The Felon's Track
Michael Doheny
In truth, it raised her sense of risibility to such a degree so often that she had to hold her sides for the pain of laughing.
Edith and John
Franklin S. Farquhar
And they were soon joined by Sir Sedley Clarendel, whose quaint conceits and remarks assisted the risibility of the scene.
Camilla
Fanny Burney
Mr. Maguire did not respond to the young squire's risibility; the cast of his countenance was decidedly serious.
Humorous Ghost Stories
Dorothy Scarborough

British Dictionary definitions for risibility

risibility

noun plural -ties

a tendency to laugh

hilarity; laughter

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