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单词 laughworthy
释义

laughworthyadj.

Brit. /ˈlɑːfˌwəːði/, /ˈlafˌwəːði/, U.S. /ˈlæfˌwərði/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: laugh n., -worthy comb. form.
Etymology: < laugh n. + -worthy comb. form. Compare German lachenswert (a1655 as †lachens werth), lachenswürdig (a1699).
Worthy of laughter; funny.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous
gamelyOE
jape-worthyc1374
foolisha1500
ridiculous1533
ludibrious1570
laughable1600
mockablea1616
laughworthy1616
ludicral1656
derisible1657
absurd1716
grotesque1747
tomfool1762
irrisible1767
ludicrous1782
deridable1804
saugrenu1876
screwy1887
derisive1896
josh1908
nutty1915
derisory1923
dingbat1935
bonkers1961
joky1964
1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes cxxxiii, in Wks. I. 818 They laugh't, at his laugh-worthy fate.
1848 W. M. Thackeray in Punch 20 May 207 Because the object was laughworthy.
1880 Rainbow Apr. 159 To laugh when anything laughworthy occurs, is perfectly right.
1926 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 25 July 3/1 If any of the Drifter's readers..exhume anything especially laughworthy, I shall expect a commission on the business.
1954 A. Loesser Men, Women & Pianos iii. xviii. 276 A few laughworthy spots have deluded some insensitive readers into thinking the novel ‘amusing’.
2002 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 23 Hardly laughworthy, except when you note that the presenter of the oh-so-exposed show is Privacy Victoria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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