ludicrity
ludicrity noun: the quality of being ludicrous.
Noun
ludicrity (uncountable)
- The quality of being ludicrous.
- Pomp and pageantry have too much of the puppet ſhew to excite any ſentiments in the human breaſt, but thoſe of aſtoniſhment, ridicule, and ludicrity.1777, H[enry] Hodgson, “Letter I.”, in Letters to Mrs. Kindersley, Lincoln: […] W. Wood. Mr. Wilkie […]; and Mr. Crowder […], London: Mess. Merril’s at Cambridge, published 1778, page 6
- Strangers were approaching at the report, and Archer was persuaded to fly, but this he sternly refused, and they proceeded to examine the wounded man, who ferociously persisted that he was dying, and if loss of blood was any indication, he certainly was dying: but even in those moments their...1835, Greg Pullin, chapter IV, in Henry, the Recluse of Devon: or, His First Visit. A Tale from Life., London: […] John Bennett, […], page 72
- Synonyms:
- ludicrosity, ludicrousness
Examples of ludicrity in a sentence
- However, she refrained from smiling, to save her husband, in these new poses of domestic virtue and lofty resolution, from tumbling into ludicrity and hurting himself with the fall.1894, Wilfrid Woollam, “En Route”, in With the Help of the Angels: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], page 122:
- And she was appalled at the absurdity, the ludicrity of the ideals she had builded or the tenets she had held in her previous existence.1898, Jack London, “A Dream Image”, in Complete Works of Jack London, Delphi Classics, published 2011:
- The ludicrity of the thought caused a smile to flash across John James’ enigmatic mouth.1960, R[obert] L[ionel] Fanthorpe, “Lunar Establishment”, in Satellite, London: Gollancz, published 2014, →ISBN:
- The ludicrity of referring to England as ‘home’ has of course been the subject of many sneering comments in a number of works.1990, Akintola J[osephus] G[ustavus] Wyse, “Background to politics in the twentieth century”, in H. C. Bankole-Bright and Politics in...
Synonyms of ludicrity
Origin of ludicrity
From ludicr(ous) + -ity.
Questions about ludicrity
- What does ludicrity mean?
- Ludicrity means the quality of being ludicrous.
- How do you use ludicrity in a sentence?
- However, she refrained from smiling, to save her husband, in these new poses of domestic virtue and lofty resolution, from tumbling into ludicrity and hurting himself with the fall.
- What part of speech is ludicrity?
- Ludicrity is a noun.
Words near ludicrity in the dictionary
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