risibles
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Plural of risible
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risibles pl (plural only)
- The muscles and other organs used in laughing.
- 1843, “Habits of Reading”, in The Mother's Magazine:
- It is truly melancholy to see so many minds employed in catering for the risibles and lachrymals of weak men and silly women
- 1866, Richard Miller Devens, The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the War of the Rebellion, page 237:
- 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.
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risibles
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risibles m pl or f pl