ridicule

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/ Hyphenation: rid‧i‧cule === Etymology 1 === The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”). The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus. The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule. ==== Verb ==== ridicule (third-person singular simple present ridicules, present participle ridiculing, simple past and past participle ridiculed) (transitive) To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of. ===== Synonyms ===== outlaugh, pillory ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== ridicule (countable and uncountable, plural ridicules) Derision; mocking or humiliating words or behavior. An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock. The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:ridicule ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== deride derision ridiculable ridiculous ridiculosity ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== humiliation ==== Adjective ==== ridicule (comparative more ridicule, superlative most ridicule) (obsolete) ridiculous late 17th century, John Aubrey, Brief Lives This action […] became so ridicule. === Etymology 2 === Apparently from French ridicule (“reticule”), probably a punning alteration of réticule after ridicule (“ridicule”). ==== Noun ==== ridicule (plural ridicules) (now historical and regional) A small woman's handbag; a reticule. [from 18th c.] === References === === Further reading === “ridicule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ridicule”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rīdiculus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁi.di.kyl/ === Adjective === ridicule (plural ridicules) ridiculous (all meanings) ==== Derived terms ==== ridiculiser ridiculement ==== Related terms ==== rire risible === Noun === ridicule m (uncountable) ridicule; absurd Near-synonym: absurde tourner en ridicule ― to ridicule, to mock le ridicule ne tue pas ― looking stupid never killed anyone === Further reading === “ridicule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From rīdiculus (“laughable; ridiculous”), from rīdeō (“to laugh; mock”). === Adverb === rīdiculē (comparative rīdiculius, superlative rīdiculissimē) laughably, amusingly absurdly, ridiculously ==== Synonyms ==== perrīdiculē === References === “ridicule”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ridicule”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ridicule”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.