ˈlüdəkrəs adjective
Etymology: Latin ludicrus, from ludus game, play, sport; akin to Latin ludere to play, Greek loidoros abusive
1. archaic : relating to, characterized by, or designed for play or amusement : not serious : frivolous , joking
the most attractive of all ludicrous compositions — Samuel Johnson
2.
a. : amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity
an unchangeable grin that gave still more ludicrous effect to the comic alarm and sorrow of their features — Nathaniel Hawthorne
b. : meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
common sense making transparently clear what was ludicrous in every fallacy — Edgar Johnson
how ludicrous it was to leave the substance of power in a single ruler — Times Literary Supplement
this act of ludicrous cruelty — Edmund Burke
Synonyms: see laughable