risibles

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/ˈɹɪzɪbəlz/

noun

The muscles and other organs used in laughing.

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Meanings

nounrisibles pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe muscles and other organs used in laughing.

    It is truly melancholy to see so many minds employed in catering for the risibles and lachrymals of weak men and silly women

    1843, “Habits of Reading”, in The Mother's Magazine
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    Our General was so tickled […] that it was some time before he could get command of his risibles sufficiently to thank Joe for what he had done.

    1866, Richard Miller Devens, The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the War of the Rebellion, page 237

Origin

Plural of risible

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APA

risibles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risibles

MLA

“risibles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risibles. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “risibles,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risibles.

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