ludicrously

Meanings

• adjective

  exhibiting or involving behavior that is absurd or irrational to such an extent that it arouses contempt or mockery

  - "His reaction to the news was ludicrously overdramatic."
  - "The clown's antics were ludicrously amusing."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with ludicrously
ridiculous , hysterical , historical , critical , vital , significant , fundamental , agricultural

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Variants

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ludicrous , ludicrously , ludicrousness , ludicrousnesses

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Etymology

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From Latin ludicrosus, from ludere 'to play' + -icrosus 'like a fool, ridiculous'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'ludicrous' was first used in English in the late 15th century.

2. The word 'ludicrous' comes from the Latin word 'ludicrosus,' which means 'playing the fool' or 'ridiculous'.

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Related Concepts

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1. absurd: Related to the concept of the absurd, which refers to situations or ideas that defy logic and reason.

2. satire: Ludicrous situations and characters are often used in satire to criticize societal norms and conventions.

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Quotes

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1. Her teachers complained that instead of doing her sums she covered her slate with animals, the blank pages of her atlas were used to copy maps on, and caricatures of the most "ludicrous" description came fluttering out of all her books at unlucky moments.

   - Louisa May Alcott,{it}Little Women{/it},1868-69

2. Some of this censorship is trivial, some is "ludicrous", and some is breathtaking in its power to dumb down what children learn in school.

   - Diane Ravitch,{it}The Language Police{/it},2003

3. The girl didn't comment on the steepness, or the brambles, or the fact that it seemed "ludicrous" to cart furniture through an apparently endless forest.

   - Anne Tyler,{it}The Clock Winder{/it},1972

4. The serious and the absurd have to be learnt together; but "ludicrous" theatrical buffoonery is fit only for foreigners.

   - Iris Murdoch,{it}The Fire & the Sun{/it},1977

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Culture

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The term 'ludicrously' has been used extensively in literature and art to depict absurd or irrational situations or characters. In Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night,' Malvolio is described as a 'ludicrous' character due to his pomposity and rigidity.

How to Memorize "ludicrously"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person behaving in an absurd or irrational way.
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2. associate
   

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   - Think of a clown or a circus when you see or hear the word 'ludicrously'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase like 'Laughing Uncontrollably Drives Insanity, Ridiculous Overreactions Yield Silly Antics' to help remember the definition of 'ludicrously'.

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