laughable
adj/ˈlaːfəbl̩//ˈlɑːfəbl̩/UK/ˈlæfəbl̩/US
Etymology
From laugh + -able.
- inherited from *hlahjaną✻
- inherited from *hlahhjan✻
- inherited from hlæhhan
- inherited from laughen
Definitions
Fitted to excite laughter
Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
- At this our first dinner at the Government House a very laughable incident occurred.
Worthless
Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
- “Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laughable. Never mind that my mother didn’t meet Major Hewitt until long after I was born,” he wrote.
The neighborhood
- neighborjocular
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at laughable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at laughable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at laughable
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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