riant, laughing(a)
(adjective) showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; “laughing children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
riant (comparative more riant, superlative most riant)
When said of a person or a person's manner: mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
When said of place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.
• Tarin, Tiran, Train, Trina, atrin, intra-, tairn, tarin, train
Source: Wiktionary
Ri`ant", a. Etym: [F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L. ridere.]
Definition: Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape. In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and riant. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
