risible ******************************************************************************** A. adj. 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; inclined or given to laughter. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, laughter. 3. Capable of exciting laughter; laughable, ludicrous, comical. B. n. pl. The risible faculties or muscles (see A. 2). Chiefly U.S. Hence {sm}risibleness, `laughing faculty' (Bailey, vol. II, 1727); {sm}risibly adv., `in a risible manner; laughably' (Webster, 1847).