Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd;
preposterous. See {Ludicrous}.
[1913 Webster] --- {Ri*dic"u*lous*ly}, adv. --
{Ri*dic"u*lous*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ridiculousness
n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn:
{absurdity}, {absurdness}, {ridiculousness}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
