laughable
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laughable
- /ˈlaːfəbl̩/ Australia
- /ˈlɑːfəbl̩/ UK
- /ˈlæfəbl̩/ UK
- /ˈlæfəbl̩/ US
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Proto-Indo-European *klek-
Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną
Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan
Old English hliehhander.
Old English hlæhhan
Middle English laughen, laghen
English laugh
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English laughable
From laugh + -able.
adjective more laughable · most laughable
- Fitted to excite laughter; humorous. At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
- Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision. It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parod
