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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2014-11-14 07:39 am

rident

rident (RAI-dent) - adj., laughing, smiling, cheerful.


Primarily the laughing part. This is marked as rare, and certainly less common than its close cousin riant. Both stem from the same Latin verb, rīdēre meaning to laugh -- this one directly, riant after being passed through French.

---L.