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ludicrous

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lu⋅di⋅crous

  [loo-di-kruhs]
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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

Related forms:
lu⋅di⋅crous⋅ly, adverb
lu⋅di⋅crous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
farcical. See funny.
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lu·di·crous   (lōō'dĭ-krəs)   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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