English Dictionary: ridiculousness | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for ridiculousness | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. |