a. [ L. ludibrium mockery, derision, from ludere to play, sport. ] Sportive; ridiculous; wanton. [ Obs. ] Tooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play. ]
A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. De Quincey.
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a. [ L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play. ]
A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. De Quincey.
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