Thursday, 1 August 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Risible

ris-i-ble



adjective :: Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.



"Before long, I began to read aloud with my father, chanting the strange and wondrous rivers -- Shenandoah, Rappahannock, Chickahominy -- and wrapping my tongue around the risible names of rebel generals: Braxton Bragg, Jubal Early, John Sappington Marmaduke, William "Extra Billy" Smith, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard." --Tony Horwitz

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