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(1):

(a.) Ridiculous.

(2):

(n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; - a term lighter than derision.

(3):

(n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.

(4):

(n.) Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness.

(5):

(v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ridicule'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/ridicule.html. 1828.
 
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