ridicule
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ridiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”).
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ridicule (third-person singular simple present ridicules, present participle ridiculing, simple past and past participle ridiculed)
- (transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
- His older sibling constantly ridiculed him with sarcastic remarks.
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ridicule (uncountable)
- derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour
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- See also Wikisaurus:ridicule
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Adjective [edit]
ridicule (comparative more ridicule, superlative most ridicule)
- (obsolete) ridiculous
- This action […] became so ridicule. — Aubrey.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
External links [edit]
- ridicule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ridicule in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Adjective [edit]
ridicule (masculine and feminine, plural ridicules)
- ridiculous (all meanings)
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From rīdiculus (“laughable; ridiculous”), from rīdeō (“to laugh; mock”).
Adverb [edit]
rīdiculē (comparative rīdiculius, superlative rīdiculissimē)
