"fitted to excite laughter," 1590s, from laugh (v.) + -able. Related: Laughably. In this sense Old English had hleaterlic "laughterly."
a contribution so small as to be laughable
it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
laudation
laudator temporis acti
laudatory
lauds
laugh
laughable
laughing
laughing-stock
Laughlin
laughter
launch
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