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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ridiculous \ridic"ulous\, a. l. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr.
ridere to laigh. cf. risible.
1. fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy
of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or
behavior.
1913 webster
agricola, discerning that those little targets and
unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become
ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded
three batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to
handy strokes. --milton.
1913 webster
2. involving or expressing ridicule. r.
1913 webster
it provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --shak.
1913 webster
syn: ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd;
preposterous. see ludicrous.
1913 webster --- ridic"ulously, adv. --
ridic"ulousness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
risible ludicrous ridic"ulously ridic"ulousness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ridiculousness
n : a message whose content is at variance with reason syn: absurdity,
absurdness
see also:
absurdity absurdness
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