ludicrousadj.

Brit.

/ˈluːdᵻkrəs/,

/ˈljuːdᵻkrəs/, U.S.

/ˈludəkrəs/

Etymology: < Latin lūdicrus (apparently evolved from the neuter noun lūdicrum sportive performance, stage-play, < lūdĕre to play) + -ous suffix.

†1. Pertaining to play or sport; sportive; intended in jest, jocular, derisive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective]

bourdfula1425

sportive1613

ludicrous1619

lusorious1619

lusory1653

recreational1656

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adjective] > characterized by lack of seriousness

sportive1593

ludicrous1619

subrisive1819

subrisory1861

1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots iii. 34 Easty onely maketh foure sorts; diuine..; diabolicall..; politicall..; ludicrous, for sport and pastime.

1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 25 Both in ludicrous toyes, as in Childrens sports, and in weightier matters.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiii. 44 But he rewarding my blind devotion with a ludicrous blessing and loud laughter, I presently found my errour.

a1683 J. Owen Continuation Expos. Hebrews (1684) xii. 202 It is not a ludicrous Contest that we are called unto. It is for our Lives and Souls that are fought for.

1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 174 [tr. Canons of Carthage lxvi] If any one desire to forsake any Ludicrous Exercise [i.e. any theatrical or gladiatorial employment], and become a Christian.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 293 The Rape of the Lock..is universally allowed to be the most attractive of all ludicrous compositions.

†2. Given to jesting; trifling, frivolous; also, in favourable sense, witty, humorous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting

bourdfula1425

pleasant1530

facete1600

joculary1605

merrya1616

jocundary1618

lepidc1619

droll1623

humorousa1652

drollerical1656

humoursome1656

drollish1674

ludicrous1687

humorific1819

jestful1831

humoristica1834

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes > inclined to jest or joke

wantonc1405

facetious1601

jocular1625

jocose1673

ludicrous1687

jokish1785

joky1825

1687 H. More Contin. Remark. Stories (1689) 428 But to entangle things thus is an usual feat of these ludicrous Spirits.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 191. ¶1 Some ludicrous Schoolmen have put the Case, that if an Ass were placed between two Bundles of Hay [etc.].

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 230 Men may indulge a ludicrous Turn so far as to lose all Sense of Conduct and Prudence in worldly Affairs.

1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 332 A heathen author, in the ludicrous way, has..given idolatry one of the severest strokes it ever received.

1792 W. Cowper Let. 27 Apr. (1984) IV. 68 The man is as formidable for his ludicrous talent as he has made himself contemptible by his use of it.

1827 Burton's Anat. Mel. (ed. 13) Advt. 7 The ludicrous Sterne has interwoven many parts of it [Burton's ‘Anatomy’] into his own popular performance.

3. Suited to occasion derisive laughter; ridiculous, laughably absurd. (The only current sense.)

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

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iii. 180 The ludicrous mixture of groupes, kept her attention unwearied.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vi. 76 How ludicrous the priest's dogmatic roar!

1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1887) 321 The Duke was in a state of ludicrous distress.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 380 Plato delights to exhibit them [Sophists] in a ludicrous point of view.

1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxiii. 298 This subdivision was often carried to ludicrous lengths.

1901 N. Munro in Blackwood's Mag. May 659/2 Count Victor stood before him a ludicrous figure.

4. absol. (in senses 2, 3).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > state or quality of being ridiculous > that which is ridiculous

ludicrous1798

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 7 The ludicrous, by its nature, tends to exaggeration.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iv. 104 The ludicrous has its place in the universe.

1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 67 A bright charming fellow,..with a real appreciation of the ludicrous.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ludicrous
释义	ludicrousadj. Brit. /ˈluːdᵻkrəs/, /ˈljuːdᵻkrəs/, U.S. /ˈludəkrəs/ Etymology: < Latin lūdicrus (apparently evolved from the neuter noun lūdicrum sportive performance, stage-play, < lūdĕre to play) + -ous suffix. †1. Pertaining to play or sport; sportive; intended in jest, jocular, derisive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] bourdfula1425 sportive1613 ludicrous1619 lusorious1619 lusory1653 recreational1656 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adjective] > characterized by lack of seriousness sportive1593 ludicrous1619 subrisive1819 subrisory1861 1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots iii. 34 Easty onely maketh foure sorts; diuine..; diabolicall..; politicall..; ludicrous, for sport and pastime. 1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 25 Both in ludicrous toyes, as in Childrens sports, and in weightier matters. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiii. 44 But he rewarding my blind devotion with a ludicrous blessing and loud laughter, I presently found my errour. a1683 J. Owen Continuation Expos. Hebrews (1684) xii. 202 It is not a ludicrous Contest that we are called unto. It is for our Lives and Souls that are fought for. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II 174 [tr. Canons of Carthage lxvi] If any one desire to forsake any Ludicrous Exercise [i.e. any theatrical or gladiatorial employment], and become a Christian. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 293 The Rape of the Lock..is universally allowed to be the most attractive of all ludicrous compositions. †2. Given to jesting; trifling, frivolous; also, in favourable sense, witty, humorous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting bourdfula1425 pleasant1530 facete1600 joculary1605 merrya1616 jocundary1618 lepidc1619 droll1623 humorousa1652 drollerical1656 humoursome1656 drollish1674 ludicrous1687 humorific1819 jestful1831 humoristica1834 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes > inclined to jest or joke wantonc1405 facetious1601 jocular1625 jocose1673 ludicrous1687 jokish1785 joky1825 1687 H. More Contin. Remark. Stories (1689) 428 But to entangle things thus is an usual feat of these ludicrous Spirits. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 191. ¶1 Some ludicrous Schoolmen have put the Case, that if an Ass were placed between two Bundles of Hay [etc.]. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 230 Men may indulge a ludicrous Turn so far as to lose all Sense of Conduct and Prudence in worldly Affairs. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 332 A heathen author, in the ludicrous way, has..given idolatry one of the severest strokes it ever received. 1792 W. Cowper Let. 27 Apr. (1984) IV. 68 The man is as formidable for his ludicrous talent as he has made himself contemptible by his use of it. 1827 Burton's Anat. Mel. (ed. 13) Advt. 7 The ludicrous Sterne has interwoven many parts of it [Burton's ‘Anatomy’] into his own popular performance. 3. Suited to occasion derisive laughter; ridiculous, laughably absurd. (The only current sense.) 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 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iii. 180 The ludicrous mixture of groupes, kept her attention unwearied. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vi. 76 How ludicrous the priest's dogmatic roar! 1834 T. B. Macaulay William Pitt in Ess. (1887) 321 The Duke was in a state of ludicrous distress. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 380 Plato delights to exhibit them [Sophists] in a ludicrous point of view. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxiii. 298 This subdivision was often carried to ludicrous lengths. 1901 N. Munro in Blackwood's Mag. May 659/2 Count Victor stood before him a ludicrous figure. 4. absol. (in senses 2, 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > state or quality of being ridiculous > that which is ridiculous ludicrous1798 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 7 The ludicrous, by its nature, tends to exaggeration. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iv. 104 The ludicrous has its place in the universe. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 67 A bright charming fellow,..with a real appreciation of the ludicrous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1619
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