ridiculousness n.
滑稽, 荒谬
ridiculousness[ noun ]
a message whose content is at variance with reason
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Ridiculous \Ri*dic"u*lous\, a. [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr.
ridere to laigh. Cf. {Risible}.]
1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy
of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or
behavior.
Agricola, discerning that those little targets and
unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become
ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded
three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to
handy strokes. --Milton.
2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [R.]
[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --Shak.
Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd;
preposterous. See {Ludicrous}.
※ --- {Ri*dic"u*lous*ly}, adv. --
{Ri*dic"u*lous*ness}, n.
- The Cerise ruling established what might be called the ridiculousness standard.