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The word for today is…

risible (adj) – 1. Relating to laughter or used in eliciting laughter.

  1. Eliciting laughter; ludicrous.
  2. Capable of laughing or inclined to laugh.

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : If someone makes a ridiculous remark about your risible muscles, they are not necessarily deriding your physique. Risible can also mean “associated with laughter,” so risible muscles can simply be the ones used for laughing. (You’ve also got a set of risorius muscles around your mouth that help you smile.) Next time you find something laughable, tip your hat to rid?re, the Latin verb meaning “to laugh” that gave us risible as well as ridiculous and deride.

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