Ridiculousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ridiculousness
       n : a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: {absurdity},
            {absurdness}]