ridicule
English
/ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
Etymology
Borrowed from French ridicule derived from Latin ridiculus (amusing, comical, laughable, absurd, ridiculous).
Origin
Latin
ridiculus
Gloss
amusing, comical, laughable, absurd, ridiculous
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ridiculable English
- ridiculer English
- ridiculest English
- ridiculeth English
- ridiculize English
- ridiculus Latin
- rīdeō Latin
- ridicolo Italian
- ridicule French
- ridiculement French
- ridiculiser French
- ridícul Catalan, Valencian
- ridikil Mauritian Creole