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Define the word riant

"Riant" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Riant \Ri`ant"\, a. [F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L.
   ridere.]
   Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful
   to the view, as a landscape.
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         In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the
         other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against
         anything light and riant.                --Burke.
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"riant" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

riant
     adj : showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing
           children" [syn: laughing(a)]