ridiculous
101rid´i|cul´er — rid|i|cule «RIHD uh kyool», verb, culed, cul|ing, noun. –v.t. to laugh at; make fun of; mock: »Sometimes boys ridicule their sisters friends. My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances (Benjamin Franklin). ╂[< noun] –n. 1 …
102rid|i|cule — «RIHD uh kyool», verb, culed, cul|ing, noun. –v.t. to laugh at; make fun of; mock: »Sometimes boys ridicule their sisters friends. My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances (Benjamin Franklin). ╂[< noun] –n. 1 …
103ri|dic´u|lous|ness — ri|dic|u|lous «rih DIHK yuh luhs», adjective. deserving ridicule; absurd; laughable: »It would be ridiculous to walk backward all the time. ╂[< Latin rīdiculōsus < rīdiculus < rīdēre to laugh] –ri|dic´u|lous|ly, adverb.… …
104ri|dic´u|lous|ly — ri|dic|u|lous «rih DIHK yuh luhs», adjective. deserving ridicule; absurd; laughable: »It would be ridiculous to walk backward all the time. ╂[< Latin rīdiculōsus < rīdiculus < rīdēre to laugh] –ri|dic´u|lous|ly, adverb.… …
105ri|dic|u|lous — «rih DIHK yuh luhs», adjective. deserving ridicule; absurd; laughable: »It would be ridiculous to walk backward all the time. ╂[< Latin rīdiculōsus < rīdiculus < rīdēre to laugh] –ri|dic´u|lous|ly, adverb. –ri|dic´u|lous|ness, noun.… …
106Ludicrous — Lu di*crous, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] 1. Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. Broome. [1913 Webster] A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous… …
107Ludicrously — Ludicrous Lu di*crous, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] 1. Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. Broome. [1913 Webster] A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same… …
108Ludicrousness — Ludicrous Lu di*crous, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] 1. Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. Broome. [1913 Webster] A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same… …
109Ridicule — Rid i*cule, n. [F. ridicule, L. ridiculum a jest, fr. ridiculus. See {Ridiculous}.] 1. An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter. [1913 Webster] [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the… …
110Aristophanes — (Unicode|Ἀριστοφάνης, pronEng|ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz in English, ca. 446 BC – ca. 386 BC), son of Philippus, was a Greek Old Comic dramatist. He is also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy . [… …
