ludibriousadj.
/l(j)uːˈdɪbrɪəs/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous
gamelyOE
jape-worthyc1374
foolisha1500
ridiculous1533
ludibrious1570
laughable1600
mockablea1616
laughworthy1616
ludicral1656
derisible1657
absurd1716
grotesque1747
tomfool1762
irrisible1767
ludicrous1782
deridable1804
saugrenu1876
screwy1887
derisive1896
josh1908
nutty1915
derisory1923
dingbat1935
bonkers1961
joky1964
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 131/2 The youth in sculs flocke and runne together, & craue that they may haue Agnes their ludibrious pray.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xii. 38 Baiazet the Turke, to what a miserable and ludibrious end came hee.
1650 W. Mure Cry of Blood 266 Ludibrious Clay Dare craule on borrowed legges, and Heaven defy.
1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 61 in Paradice Opened Ludibrious acts, and meer follies.
2. Full of scorn; inclined to scoff; scornful, mocking. Also transferred. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 62 Samson more patiently endureth the boring out of his eyes, than the ludibrious scoffs of the Philistines.
1780 J. Howie in M. Shields Faithful Contendings Pref. 21 This lukewarm and ludibrious generation.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ix. 346 He..Leaves to ludibrious winds the priceless page.
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adj.1570