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单词 ridicle
释义

ridiclen.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ridicule; Latin rīdiculum.
Etymology: < Middle French, French ridicule and its etymon classical Latin rīdiculum (see ridicule n.1); compare -cle suffix. Compare later ridicule n.1
Obsolete. rare.
A ridiculous thing; an absurdity, a mockery. Cf. ridicule n.1 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of
follyc1300
absurditya1525
mumpsimus1531
trim-tram1533
foppery1546
ridicle1570
fangle1583
delirium1599
monstruosity1601
adox1606
absurd1610
extravagancy1625
incongruitya1626
monstrosity1639
extravagant1644
extravagance1650
ridiculea1658
fadoodlea1670
ridiculous1674
irrationalitya1680
ridiculosity1773
whimsy-whamsy1807
absurdism1815
nonsensity1834
nonsensical1842
nonsensicalitya1850
fandango1856
fandangle1880
bollock1919
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 194/1 So was the comming and assaulting of their enemies to the people..but a trifle, to the king but a ridicle.
1652 T. Manley tr. P. Fisher Veni, vidi, Vici 10 Learning at last that ridicle to know, A Scottish battail is but wars mock-show.
1683 tr. Eusebius Hist. Church iii. xii. 300/2 For Porphyrius, in the Books he wrote concerning Philosophick History, has made the Life of Socrates a ridicle, who was the eminentest of the Philosophers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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