ridibund
Pronunciation
  • (British) enPR: rĭʹdĭbŭnd, IPA: /ˈɹɪdɪbʌnd/
  • (America) enPR: rĭʹdəbənd', IPA: /ˈɹɪdəˌbənd/
Adjective

ridibund

  1. (rare) Inclined to and easily brought to laughter; happy.
    • 1863, Christoph Friedrich Grieb, A Dictionary of the English and German Languages, page 531 ↗, “Lachfrosch”
      Lachfroſch m. laughing or ridibund
    • 1931, Norman Douglas, Summer Islands: Ischia and Ponza, page 19 ↗:
      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.
    • 1978, Evan Esar, The Comic Encyclopedia, page 375 ↗:
      The ridibund bumpkin in Yiddish jokelore is a hypergelast.
Related terms
  • ridibundal (obsolete)



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