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   Ridiculous , a. [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh.  Cf. Risible.]
   Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.
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   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.
   
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   Involving or expressing ridicule. [R.]
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   [It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling.
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd; preposterous. See Ludicrous.
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   --- Ri*dic"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Ri*dic"u*lous*ness, n.
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