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ludicrous
English
Etymology
First attested in 1619. From Latin l?dicrus, from l?d? (“play”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?lu?.d?.k??s/, /?lju?.d?.k??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?lu?.d?.k??s/
Adjective
ludicrous (comparative more ludicrous, superlative most ludicrous)
- Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.
- Amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- Five minutes later, Southampton tried to mount their first attack, but Wickham sabotaged the move by tripping the rampaging Nathaniel Clyne, prompting the referee, Andre Marriner, to issue a yellow card. That was a lone blemish on an otherwise tidy start by Poyet’s team – until, that is, the 12th minute, when Vergini produced a candidate for the most ludicrous own goal in Premier League history.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
Synonyms
- (idiotic or unthinkable): laughable, ridiculous, risible
Related terms
- (idiotic or unthinkable): ludicrously, ludicrousness
Translations
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ludicrosity
English
Etymology
ludicrous +? -ity
Noun
ludicrosity (countable and uncountable, plural ludicrosities)
- ludicrousness; something ludicrous
- 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, 1985, p.110:
- Squatting, Dewey Dell's wet dress shapes for the dead eyes of three blind men those mammalian ludicrosities which are the horizons and the valleys of the earth.
- 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, 1985, p.110:
Synonyms
- absurdity
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- what ludicrosity mean
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