risibility
Americannoun
plural
risibilities-
Often risibilities. the ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd.
noun
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a tendency to laugh
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hilarity; laughter
Etymology
Origin of risibility
From the Late Latin word rīsibilitās, dating back to 1610–20. See risible, -ity
Example Sentences
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His great talent was to take tiny grains of information in reports and proposals, repackage them as official European policy and present them as part of a broad narrative about Brussels’ risibility.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2016
What is the difference — in fact, and in risibility — between a hobo and a bum?
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2014
But such an enforced daily dose of risibility struck me as being a little like wearing a lampshade at a party while completely sober.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is hard to remember when a talented comic had fewer moments of risibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
Return Vide Lord Chesterfield’s Letters.—This noble Author, by the by, has set his dignified face against risibility.
From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by Colman, George
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