ludibrious

Adjective

ludibrious (comparative more ludibrious, superlative most ludibrious)

1. (obsolete) sportive; wanton
   • Genius, enamor'd of his fruitful bride,
     Assumes new force and elevates his pride.
     No more, recumbent o'er his finger'd style,
     He plods whole years each copy to compile,
     Leaves to ludibrious winds the priceless page,
     Or to chance fires the treasure of an age;
     But bold and buoyant, with his sister...1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
   • Carols, too, receive ludibrious attention; and it is not unusual for small Christmas singers at the door to offer their own words to the familiar tunes […]1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
2. (obsolete) ridiculous
   • the Souldiers Geniculations, thornie Coronation, and ludibrious Gesticulations1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrim or Microcosmus