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ridicule
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[ˈrɪdɪkjuːl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour
(e.g: he is held up as an object of ridicule)
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Origin
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late 17th century: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’
[ˈrɪdɪkjuːl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour
(e.g: his theory was ridiculed and dismissed)
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Origin
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late 17th century: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’
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