rident

English

Etymology

From Latin ridens, present participle of ridere (“to laugh”).

Adjective

rident (comparative more rident, superlative most rident)

  1. laughing
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁid/

Verb

rident

  1. third-person plural present indicative of rider
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of rider

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

rīdent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of rīdeō
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