The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ludicrous \Lu"di*crous\, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.]
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Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.
--Broome.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.
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Ridiculously absurd.
Syn: Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous.
Usage: Ludicrous, Laughable, Ridiculous. We speak of a thing as ludicrous when it tends to produce laughter; as laughable when the impression is somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or less contempt is mingled with the merriment created. -- Lu"di*crous*ly, adv. -- Lu"di*crous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being ludicrous.
Usage examples of "ludicrousness".
The ludicrousness of the situation caused him to laugh again, this time to himself.
Now, when he was a second time forsaking her, his praise of her constancy wore the painful ludicrousness of the look of a whimper on the face.
That quality of dedication sets him apart and ennobles him, for all of his ludicrousness.