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laughable
English
Etymology
From laugh +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?la?f?bl?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??f?bl?/, /?læf?bl?/
- (US) enPR: ?l?f?bl?, IPA(key): /?læf?bl?/
Adjective
laughable (comparative more laughable, superlative most laughable)
- (now rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 91:
- At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 91:
- Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Synonyms
- droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible, ridiculous
Derived terms
- laughableness
- laughably
Translations
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witty
English
Etymology
From Middle English witty, witti, from Old English witti? (“clever, wise”), equivalent to wit +? -y,See Norwegian Bokmål vettig.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w?ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /?w?ti/, [?w??i]
- Rhymes: -?ti
Adjective
witty (comparative wittier, superlative wittiest)
- (obsolete) Wise, having good judgement.
- Then cam there a lady that was a wytty lady, and she seyde playnly unto the Kyng […] that he sholde never be hole but yf that Sir Trystrames wente into the same contrey than the venym came fro, and in that contrey sholde he be holpyn, other ellys never.
- (archaic) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
- Clever; amusingly ingenious.
- Full of wit.
- Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.
Synonyms
- facetious
- humorous
- jocose
- jocular
- quick
- lively
- See also Thesaurus:witty
Translations
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