ludicrousnessn.
/ˈluːdᵻkrəsnəs/, /ˈljuːdᵻkrəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈludəkrəsnəs/ The state or quality of being ludicrous.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun]
lightnessc1384
levity1564
gaiety1573
light-mindedness?1574
shallowness1590
toyishness1595
lightheadedness1645
ludicrousness1664
unseriousness1672
flightiness1747
flirtishness1750
trivial-mindedness1872
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > state or quality of being ridiculous
ridiculousness1573
anticness1638
ludicrousness1773
grotesqueness1826
ludicrositya1856
1664 H. More Antidote Idolatry i, in Wks. (1708) 773 The Ludicrousness and Fugitiveness of our wanton Reason might otherwise find out many Starting-holes [etc.].
1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 1 Sept. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 160 The ludicrousness, absurdity, and extraordinary contrast between what the fellow fancied, and the reality, was truly comick.
a1800 J. Warton in J. Dryden Poet. Wks. (1811) IV. 530 (note) Homer sometimes introduced his gods and goddesses in scenes of ludicrousness.
1865 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive (1866) iii. 162 There is a ghastly ludicrousness in this.
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