单词 | ridicle |
释义 | † ridiclen. Obsolete. rare. A ridiculous thing; an absurdity, a mockery. Cf. ridicule n.1 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of follyc1300 absurditya1525 mumpsimus1531 trim-tram1533 foppery1546 ridicle1570 fangle1583 delirium1599 monstruosity1601 adox1606 absurd1610 extravagancy1625 incongruitya1626 monstrosity1639 extravagant1644 extravagance1650 ridiculea1658 fadoodlea1670 ridiculous1674 irrationalitya1680 ridiculosity1773 whimsy-whamsy1807 absurdism1815 nonsensity1834 nonsensical1842 nonsensicalitya1850 fandango1856 fandangle1880 bollock1919 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 194/1 So was the comming and assaulting of their enemies to the people..but a trifle, to the king but a ridicle. 1652 T. Manley tr. P. Fisher Veni, vidi, Vici 10 Learning at last that ridicle to know, A Scottish battail is but wars mock-show. 1683 tr. Eusebius Hist. Church iii. xii. 300/2 For Porphyrius, in the Books he wrote concerning Philosophick History, has made the Life of Socrates a ridicle, who was the eminentest of the Philosophers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1570 |
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