English → Latin
“ridiculous” in Latin
rīdiculuslaughable, funny, amusing, humorous; laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculousrīdeōto laugh; to laugh at, ridicule, mockdērīdiculusvery laughable, ridiculousperrīdiculusvery ridiculous or hilariousconcitōto rush; to rouse up, agitate, move violently, stir up, excite, disturb; to spur, impel, incite
The English word ridiculous itself goes back to Latin rīdeō, through rīdiculus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ridiculous
ridiculus: ridendus (Cic.); deridiculus: ridicularis (Plaut.): extremely ridiculous, perridiculus (Cic.): a ridiculous fellow, homo ridiculus (Cic.); deridiculus (Plaut.); caput ridiculum (Terentianus); homo perridiculus (Cic.). A ridiculous thing, res ridicula: to be ridiculous, risum movere, concitare. To make anybody ridiculous, ridiculum aliquem facere (Juv.); risui, ludibrio aliquem exponere: to make one’s self ridiculous ridendum, irridendum se proponere; risui, irrisui se exponere; also, risum dare (Hor.) or praebere (Justinus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ridiculous?
- The usual Latin words for “ridiculous” are rīdiculus, rīdeō, dērīdiculus; also perrīdiculus, concitō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.