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ridibund en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪdəˌbənd/ (US)
  • rĭʹdəbənd' (US)
  • rĭʹdĭbŭnd (UK)
  • /ˈɹɪdɪbʌnd/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From the Latin rīdibundus, from rīdeō (“to laugh”) + -bundus.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Inclined to and easily brought to laughter; happy.
    • Lachfroſch m. laughing or ridibund 1863, Christoph Friedrich Grieb, A Dictionary of the English and German Languages, Lachfrosch, page 531:
    • If Ischia could procure a well-regulated outlet after the manner of Stromboli, this danger might be averted and a more ridibund race of mortals evolved. 1931, Norman Douglas, Summer Islands: Ischia and Ponza, page 19:
    • The ridibund bumpkin in Yiddish jokelore is a hypergelast. 1978, Evan Esar, The Comic Encyclopedia, page 375:

Forms

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more ridibund Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most ridibund Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

ridibundal

Translations (1)

fi nauravainen (easily brought to laughter)