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ridiculousness
(encz) | ridiculousness,směšnost luke |
Ridiculousness
(gcide) | Ridiculous \Ri*dic"u*lous\, 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.
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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.
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2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [R.]
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[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --Shak.
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Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd;
preposterous. See Ludicrous.
[1913 Webster] --- Ri*dic"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Ri*dic"u*lous*ness, n.
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ridiculousness
(wn) | ridiculousness
n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn:
absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness] |
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Ridiculousness
(gcide) | Ridiculous \Ri*dic"u*lous\, 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.
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2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [R.]
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[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --Shak.
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Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd;
preposterous. See Ludicrous.
[1913 Webster] --- Ri*dic"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Ri*dic"u*lous*ness, n.
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