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   Rid·i·cule

   /ˈridəˌkyo͞ol/

   

   noun

   • 1. the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior: "he is held up as an object of ridicule"

   verb

   • 1. subject (someone or something) to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior: "his theory was ridiculed and dismissed"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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