risibility

[ riz-uh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ˌrɪz əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural ris·i·bil·i·ties.

Often risibilities. the ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd.

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there

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Origin of risibility

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

Words nearby risibility

rise through the ranks, rise to, rise to the bait, rise to the occasion, rishi, risibility, risible, rising, rising action, rising damp, rising diphthong

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Example sentences from the Web for risibility

His light-heartedness and risibility were often assumed to hide bitter resentment or boiling indignation.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
And they were soon joined by Sir Sedley Clarendel, whose quaint conceits and remarks assisted the risibility of the scene.
Camilla|Fanny Burney
My "caubeen" especially excited the risibility of the merry boys who thronged the streets.
The Felon's Track|Michael Doheny
A passage which I can refer only to the erudition and risibility of our modern surgeons and anatomists.
Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson

I was noted, among my comrades, and not always to my advantage, for my absolutely ungovernable risibility.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth|George Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for risibility

risibility

/ (ˌrɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

a tendency to laugh

hilarity; laughter

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risibility

noun, plural ris·i·bil·i·ties.

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Origin of risibility

Words nearby risibility

Example sentences from the Web for risibility

British Dictionary definitions for risibility

noun plural -ties