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A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.
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a.
Making sport; tending to excite derision.
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Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.
v.
A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
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A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.
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The act of deriding.
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One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.
n.
A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
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A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.
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Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.
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An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
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A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
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Sportive; ridiculous; wanton.
v. i.
To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
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Sportive.
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A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.
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A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
v. t.
To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
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Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.
n.
That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
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