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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

ridiculosus

ridiculus

, fr.

ridere

to laigh. Cf.

Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration;

as, a

ridiculous

dress or behavior

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.

Involving or expressing ridicule.

[R.]

[It] provokes me to

ridiculous

smiling.

Shakespeare

Syn. – Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See

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Ri-dic′u-lous-ly

adv.

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Ri-dic′u-lous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. ridiculus.]

That may justly excite laughter with contempt; as a ridiculous dress; ridiculous behavior. A fop and a dandy are ridiculous in their dress.