LUDICROUS, LUDICROUSNESS
ADJECTIVES
1656 — LUDICRAL ludicrous → obs.
1731 — FARCIFUL ludicrous, farcical → obs.
1779 — HARLEQUIN having the characteristics of a harlequin or his dress; burlesque, ludicrous; particoloured
..20C — ARSE-WISE inept; preposterous, absurd, ludicrous, wrong → colloq.
NOUNS
..19C — FIGGLE-FAGGLE conduct which is foolish, ludicrous, or unbecoming; ridiculous behaviour → Sc.
1856 — LUDICROSITY ludicrousness
1923 — SAIN — SCENE a ludicrous object, a ‘sight’ → Sc.
PHRASES
..17C — IT WOULD MAKE A FLY LAUGH it is extremely funny, droll, or ludicrous → colloq.
..17C — IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE A DOG LAUGH it is extremely funny, droll, or ludicrous → colloq.
1851 — IT WOULD MAKE A CAT LAUGH — IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE A CAT LAUGH it is extremely funny, droll, or ludicrous → colloq.
VERBS
1980 — TAKE THE PISS OUT OF of a situation or statement: to appear ludicrous, to be a joke → sl.
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