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Synonyms for ridiculousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-dik-yuh-luhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdɪk yə ləs |
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Définition of ridiculousness
Origin :- 1540s, ridyculouse, from Latin ridiculosus "laughable," from ridiculus "that which excites laughter," from ridere "to laugh." Shakespeare and other 17c. writers sometimes spelled it rediculous. Slang extensions to "outrageous" (1839); "excellent" (1959, jazz slang). Related: Ridiculously; ridiculousness.
- noun humor
- Grave, dignified, sombre, a laugh made him frantic to ridiculousness.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Of course all that we are thinking about at the moment is his ridiculousness.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- Get the picture and the situation in all its ridiculousness.
- Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
- What made it funny, of course, was the ridiculousness of the drawing.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer
- But do you know what is the most tragical feature of my ridiculousness?
- Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series » by August Strindberg
- Suddenly he fell to laughing over the ridiculousness of these meditations.
- Extract from : « A Young Man's Year » by Anthony Hope
- I asked, shocked, though amused, by the ridiculousness of the whole affair.
- Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre
- "Now, Robert, none of your ridiculousness," his wife warned him.
- Extract from : « Moon-Face and Other Stories » by Jack London
- In the letter On Injustice can come the ridiculousness of the law that the elder gets all.
- Extract from : « Pascal's Penses » by Blaise Pascal
- He also became impressed with the ridiculousness of his position, and determined to “overcome his weakness.”
- Extract from : « Sunk at Sea » by R.M. Ballantyne
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