ludicrous, adjective. Absurd, ridiculous, exciting or deserving derision.
In a sentence: “The idea of a bird with shoes is ludicrous.”
Today’s word is ludicrous. It’s one of those words that sound like their meaning. Because certainly a word like ludicrous can only mean something weird. What do I think of when I hear the word? Well, I think of this passage from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
“One definition of life, albeit not a particularly useful one, might run something like this: ‘Life is that property which a being will lose as a result of falling out of a cold and mysterious cave thirteen miles above ground level.’ This is not a useful definition, ‘A’ - because it could equally well refer to the subject’s glasses if he happens to be wearing them, and ‘B’ - because it fails to take into account the possibility that the subject might happen to fall onto, say, the back of an extremely large passing bird. The first of these flaws is due to sloppy thinking, but the second is understandable, because the mere idea is quite clearly, utterly ludicrous.”
Let’s also notice the words:
- albeit, conjunction. Though, as
- particularly, adverb. Especially. To a great extent.
- sloppy, adjective. Unsystematic, not thorough.
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