ludicrous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.

/ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs/ /ˈljuː.dɪ.kɹəs/ en-uk-ludicrous.ogg en-us-ludicrous.ogg en-au-ludicrous.ogg

ludicrous more ludicrous most ludicrous

Learned borrowing from Latin lūdicrus. First attested in 1619.

laughable ridiculous risible

ludicrously ludicrousness

cockaludicrous ludicrity ludicrosity unludicrous

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