Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - ludicrous
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Ludicrous
ludicrous
If you describe something as ludicrous, you are emphasizing that you think it is foolish, unreasonable, or unsuitable. It was ludicrous to suggest that the visit could be kept secret... It’s a completely ludicrous idea. = ridiculous ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf c darkgreen]emphasis • ludicrously By Western standards the prices are ludicrously low. ADV
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1.
adjective Etymology: Latin ludicrus, from ludus play, sport; perhaps akin to Greek loidoros abusive Date: 1712 1. amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity 2. meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish Synonyms: see laughable • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. absurd or ridiculous; laughable. Derivatives ludicrously adv. ludicrousness n. Etymology: L ludicrus prob. f. ludicrum stage play ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. смехотворный, нелепый, абсурдный ludicrous assertion —- смехотворное (абсурдное) утверждение ludicrous incident —- нелепый случай ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
~ adj completely unreasonable, stupid, or unsuitable; ridiculous (She turned up wearing a ludicrous flowery hat.) - ludicrously adv (The test was ludicrously easy.) - ludicrousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1619, from L. ludicrus, from ludicrum "source of amusement, joke," from ludere "to play." Sense of "ridiculous" is from 1782. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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