ludicrous
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dɪ adjective
causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
Origin:
1610–20; < Latin lūdicrus sportive, equivalent to lūdicr(um) a show, public games (lūdi-, stem of lūdere to play, + -crum noun suffix of instrument or result) + -us -ous
1610–20; < Latin lūdicrus sportive, equivalent to lūdicr(um) a show, public games (lūdi-, stem of lūdere to play, + -crum noun suffix of instrument or result) + -us -ous
Related forms
lu·di·crous·ly, adverb
lu·di·crous·ness, noun
un·lu·di·crous, adjective
un·lu·di·crous·ly, adverb
un·lu·di·crous·ness, noun
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| —adj | |
| absurd or incongruous to the point of provoking ridicule or laughter | |
| [C17: from Latin lūdicrus done in sport, from lūdus game; related to lūdere to play] | |
| 'ludicrously | |
| —adv | |
| 'ludicrousness | |
| —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.
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Example sentences
Of course, you'd also be slewing the telescope and ludicrous and destructive speeds.
Maintaining some quality of life for persons with dementia no longer strikes us as a ludicrous concept.
Where his statements can be checked, they often prove merely ludicrous.
Such theories may be dismissed as ludicrous, but they are widely believed.
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