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ridiculousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  Involving  or  expressing  ridicule.  [r.] 
 
  [It]  provokes  me  to  ridiculous  smiling.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Ludicrous;  laughable;  risible;  droll;  comical;  absurd; 
  preposterous.  See  {Ludicrous}.  ---  {Ri*dic"u*lous*ly}, 
  adv  --  {Ri*dic"u*lous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ridiculousness 
  n  :  a  message  whose  content  is  at  variance  with  reason  [syn:  {absurdity}, 
  {absurdness}]




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