‖a. [ F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L. ridere. ] Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]
In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and riant. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]