Category:Ridiculous

Ri*dic"u*lous, a. Etym: [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.