ridiculousa.[L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh. Cf. Risible.]1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.()Agricola, discerning that those little targets and unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to handy strokes. (Milton.)2. Involving or expressing ridicule.()[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling. (Shak.)()()