RIDIBUND ADJ. inclined to laughter; happy, lively ...1909 ETYMOLOGY from Latin rīdibundus (in a state of laughter), from rīdēre (to laugh) + -bundus (suffix) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1909 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...If Ischia could procure a well-regulated outlet after the manner of Stromboli, this danger might be averted and a more ridibund race of men gradually evolved. Or if Vesuvius ceased its activity, a new crater might open at Ischia, for these two, so far as has been observed, are reciprocally intermittent...." From: The English Review February, 1909 The Island of Typhoeus - Norman Douglas
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