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lu·di·crous

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–adjective

causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.

[Origin: 1610–20; < L lūdicrus sportive, equiv. to lūdicr(um) a show, public games (lūdi-, s. of lūdere to play, + -crum n. suffix of instrument or result) + -us -ous

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—Related forms

lu·di·crous·ly, adverb

lu·di·crous·ness, noun

—Synonyms farcical. See funny.

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adj. Laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurdity or incongruity. See Synonyms at foolish.

[From Latin lūdicrus, sportive, from lūdus, game; see leid- in Indo-European roots.]

lu'di·crous·ly adv., lu'di·crous·ness n.

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ludicrous

1619, "pertaining to play or sport," from L. ludicrus, from ludicrum "source of amusement, joke," from ludere "to play," which, with L. ludus "a game, play," may be from Etruscan, or from a PIE base *leid- "to play." Sense of "ridiculous" is attested from 1782.

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ludicrous
adjective
1.	broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair" [syn: farcical]
2.	incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd]

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ludicrous [ˈluːdikrəs] adjective

completely ridiculous

Arabic:	مُضحِك، مُثير للضِّحْك
Chinese (Simplified):	荒唐得滑稽的
Chinese (Traditional):	荒唐得滑稽的
Czech:	naprosto směšný
Danish:	komplet latterlig
Dutch:	belachelijk
Estonian:	naeruväärne
Finnish:	naurettava
French:	ridicule
German:	lächerlich
Greek:	γελοίος
Hungarian:	nevetséges
Icelandic:	fáránlegur
Indonesian:	menggelikan
Italian:	ridicolo

Japanese:	ばかげた
Korean:	우스운, 바보 같은
Latvian:	smieklīgs; jocīgs
Lithuanian:	absurdiškas
Norwegian:	latterlig
Polish:	absurdalny
Portuguese (Brazil):	ridículo
Portuguese (Portugal):	ridículo
Romanian:	ridicol
Russian:	нелепый
Slovak:	smiešny
Slovenian:	trapast
Spanish:	ridículo
Swedish:	löjlig, skrattretande
Turkish:	gülünç, çok aptalca, komik

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Ludicrous

Col*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding.] [L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous.] To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. --Burke.

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