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ridicule

ridicule is a Latin form of ridiculus, meaning “laughable, funny; absurd”. It is the adverb.

Found 25 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.148: … cis, sine hospitibus, plane nudum esse ac desertum putetis! retinere incipit tabulas Theomnastus quidam, homo ridicule insanus, quem Syracusani Theoractum vocant; qui illic eius modi est ut eum pueri sectentur, ut omnes cum loqu …

Phaedrus, Fabulae 3.4.5: Ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere aestimo;

All forms of ridiculus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.