risible
[RIZ-uh-buhl]
-adjective
Definition: Capable of laughing; disposed to laugh.
-adjective
Definition: Exciting or provoking laughter; worthy of laughter; laughable; amusing.
-adjective
Definition: Relating to, connected with, or used in laughter; as, "risible muscles."
Quotes:
1. Before long, I began to read aloud with my father, chanting the strange and wondrous rivers -- Shenandoah, Rappahannock, Chickahominy -- and wrapping my tongue around the risible names of rebel generals: Braxton Bragg, Jubal Early, John Sappington Marmaduke, William "Extra Billy" Smith, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. — Confederates in the Attic, Tony Horwitz
2. All twelve selected are thoughtful, small and funny in both senses of the word: odd and risible. — Time, Stefan Kanfer, December 11, 1989, "Of Cats, Myths and Pizza"
3. But Lionel . . . is not a risible character, even though he is often called "freakshow" and "crazyman." — Washington Post, Adam Mazmanian, November 7, 1999, "Postmodern PI"
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