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ri⋅dic⋅u⋅lous

  [ri-dik-yuh-luhs]
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–adjective
causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
Origin:
1540–50; < LL rīdiculōsus laughable, droll, and L rīdiculus (adj. deriv. of rīdiculum ridicule ); see -ous

Related forms:
ri⋅dic⋅u⋅lous⋅ly, adverb
ri⋅dic⋅u⋅lous⋅ness, ri⋅dic⋅u⋅los⋅i⋅ty  [ri-dik-yuh-los-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical. See absurd.

Antonyms:
sensible.
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ri·dic·u·lous   (rĭ-dĭk'yə-ləs)   
adj.  Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly. See Synonyms at foolish.

[From Latin rīdiculus, laughable, from rīdēre, to laugh.]
ri·dic'u·lous·ly adv., ri·dic'u·lous·ness n.
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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.

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.

2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [r.]

[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --Shak.

Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See Ludicrous. --- Ri*dic"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Ri*dic"u*lous*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : ridiculous
Spanish: ridículo,
German: lächerlich,
Japanese: ばかげた
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ridiculous 
1550, from L. ridiculosus "laughable," from ridiculus "that which excites laughter," from ridere "to laugh." In modern senses, ridicule (n.) is attested from 1690; verb is from 1700.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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ridiculous

see from the ridiculous to the sublime.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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