[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:
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)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’