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Latin
Etymology
From rīdeō (“I laugh”) + -bilis, via the past participle rīsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rīsibilis (neuter rīsibile); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)
- ridiculous, laughable, risible, ludicrous
- that can laugh
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “risibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- risibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- risibilis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung