Definition for RI-SI-BIL'I-TY, or RI'SI-BLE-NESS

RI-SI-BIL'I-TY, or RI'SI-BLE-NESS, n. [from risible.]

  1. The quality of laughing, or of being capable of laughter. Risibility is peculiar to the human species.
  2. Proneness to laugh.

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