a. [ L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh. Cf. Risible. ]
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 ]
[ It ] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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