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  • 1 ridicularia

    rīdĭcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [ridiculus], that excites laughter, laughable, droll, funny (ante- and post-class.).—Only as subst.
    1.
    rīdĭcŭlārĭa, ĭum, n., jests, drolleries: ridicularia fundere, Cato ap. Macr. S. 2, 10; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 2, 64; id. Trin. 1, 2, 28; id. Truc. 3, 2, 16.—
    2.
    rīdĭcŭlārĭus, ii, m., a droll, a jester, Gell. 4, 20, 3.

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  • 2 ridicularius

    rīdĭcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [ridiculus], that excites laughter, laughable, droll, funny (ante- and post-class.).—Only as subst.
    1.
    rīdĭcŭlārĭa, ĭum, n., jests, drolleries: ridicularia fundere, Cato ap. Macr. S. 2, 10; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 2, 64; id. Trin. 1, 2, 28; id. Truc. 3, 2, 16.—
    2.
    rīdĭcŭlārĭus, ii, m., a droll, a jester, Gell. 4, 20, 3.

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  • 3 iocōsus

        iocōsus adj.    [iocus], full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious, sportive: Maecenas, H.: Musa, O.: res: verba, O.: furtum, H.: Nilus (i. e. of the merry Egyptians), O.

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  • 4 ioculāris

        ioculāris e, adj.    [ioculus], facetious, jocular, laughable, droll: audacia, T.— Plur n. as subst, jests, jokes, H.

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  • 5 ioculārius

        ioculārius adj.    [ioculus], ludicrous, droll: malum, T.

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  • 6 nūgae

        nūgae arum, f    [CNV-], jests, idle speeches, trifles: ista magnas nugas dixerit, T.: tantis delectatus nugis: Nescio quid meditans nugarum, H. — Jesting, jokers, droll fellows: amicos habet meras nugas: in comitatu nugarum.

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  • 7 rīdiculus

        rīdiculus adj.    [rideo], exciting laughter, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious: Hui, tam cito? ridiculum! how comical! T.: facie magis quam facetiis: Ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere, T.: Ridiculus totas simul absorbere placentas, H.—As subst n., something laughable, a laughing matter, jest, joke: quae sint genera ridiculi: ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.: Mihi solae ridiculo fuit, I had the fun to myself, T.: materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.: sententiose ridicula dicuntur.— Laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous, contemptible: insania, quae ridicula est aliis, mihi, etc.: qui ridiculus minus illo (es)? H.: mus, H.: pudor, Iu.: est ridiculum, quaerere, etc.—As subst m.: neque ridiculus esse Possum, etc., be a buffoon, T.
    * * *
    I
    ridicula, ridiculum ADJ
    laughable, funny; silly
    II
    buffoon, jester

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  • 8 scurra

        scurra ae, m    [SCRV-], an idler, loafer, man about town: scurrae locupletes.— A city buffoon, droll, jester, clown, pantaloon, parasite: neque parum facetus scurra: vagus, H.: Urbani scurra Catulli, i. e. a clown in a play of Catullus, Iu.— Prov.: de scurrā multo facilius divitem quam patrem familias fieri posse.
    * * *
    fashionable idler, man about town, rake; professional buffoon, comedian/clown

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  • 9 jocosus

    jocosa, jocosum ADJ
    humorous, funny, droll; sportive; factious; full of jesting/jokes/fun

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  • 10 ridicularius

    ridicularia, ridicularium ADJ
    laughable, droll

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  • 11 jocosus

    jŏcōsus, a, um, adj. [jocus], full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious (class.).
    A.
    Of persons:

    homo humanus et jocosus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    Maecenas,

    Hor. Epod. 3, 20:

    Musa,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 354.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    res,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37:

    lis,

    Ov. M. 3, 332:

    verba,

    id. F. 6, 692:

    furtum,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 7: Nilus, the sportive Nile, with reference to the merry lives of the Egyptians, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 80.— Adv.: jŏ-cōsē, jestingly, jocosely:

    eumque lusi jocose satis,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2.— Comp.:

    dicere aliquid jocosius,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 4; Hor. S. 1, 4, 104.

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  • 12 jocularia

    jŏcŭlāris, e, adj. [joculus], facetious, jocular, laughable, droll (class.):

    audacia,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 84:

    joculare istuc quidem,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20:

    licentia,

    id. Fat. 8.— Subst.: jŏcŭlārĭa, ium, n. plur., jests, jokes:

    ut qui jocularia ridens Percurram,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 23:

    fundere,

    Liv. 7, 2.— Adv.: jŏcŭlā-rĭter, jocosely, in a jocular or comical manner: irridere, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Div. in Caecin. 11, 33:

    obicere aliquid alicui,

    Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80:

    canere carmina,

    Suet. Caes. 49.

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  • 13 jocularis

    jŏcŭlāris, e, adj. [joculus], facetious, jocular, laughable, droll (class.):

    audacia,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 84:

    joculare istuc quidem,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20:

    licentia,

    id. Fat. 8.— Subst.: jŏcŭlārĭa, ium, n. plur., jests, jokes:

    ut qui jocularia ridens Percurram,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 23:

    fundere,

    Liv. 7, 2.— Adv.: jŏcŭlā-rĭter, jocosely, in a jocular or comical manner: irridere, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Div. in Caecin. 11, 33:

    obicere aliquid alicui,

    Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80:

    canere carmina,

    Suet. Caes. 49.

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  • 14 joculariter

    jŏcŭlāris, e, adj. [joculus], facetious, jocular, laughable, droll (class.):

    audacia,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 84:

    joculare istuc quidem,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20:

    licentia,

    id. Fat. 8.— Subst.: jŏcŭlārĭa, ium, n. plur., jests, jokes:

    ut qui jocularia ridens Percurram,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 23:

    fundere,

    Liv. 7, 2.— Adv.: jŏcŭlā-rĭter, jocosely, in a jocular or comical manner: irridere, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Div. in Caecin. 11, 33:

    obicere aliquid alicui,

    Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80:

    canere carmina,

    Suet. Caes. 49.

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  • 15 jocularius

    jŏcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], ludicrous, droll ( poet.):

    malum,

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 43.

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  • 16 nugae

    nūgae, ārum, f. [etym. dub.; old form naugae; cf.: naucum, nux], jokes, jests, idle speeches, trifles, trumpery, nonsense (syn. ineptiae).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aufer nugas,

    away with your jesting, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 7:

    nugas postulare,

    id. Trin. 2, 4, 40; id. Truc. 2, 1, 20; id. Merc. 2, 4, 1:

    huncine hominem tantis delectatum esse nugis?

    Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30. —Hence, nugas agere, to play the fool:

    nisi argentum dederit, nugas egerit,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 54; so,

    maximas nugas agis,

    id. As. 1, 1, 78;

    and ellipt. without ago: quo illum sequar? in Persas? nugas,

    nonsense! id. Pers. 4, 7, 7; id. Most. 5, 1, 38.—Of verses, trifles:

    nescio quid meditans nugarum,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 2; cf. Cat. 1, 4; Mart. 9, 1, 5 (cf. also:

    versūs et cetera ludicra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 10).—Of the songs of hired female mourners at a funeral:

    haec sunt non nugae: non enim mortualia,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 63.—Acc. to Nonius, Plautus called women's finery nugae, Non. 144, 30; v. nugivendus. —
    II.
    Transf. (abstr. pro concreto), jesters, jokers, droll fellows:

    amicos habet meras nugas,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5:

    ego Hephaestum... Niciam, ego nugas maximas omni meā comitate sum complexus,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2 comites Graeculi, quocumque ibat:

    tum in comitatu nugarum nihil,

    id. Mil. 21, 55.

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  • 17 ridiculosus

    rīdĭcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [ridiculus], laughable, facetious, droll (ante- and postclass.):

    parasitus ridiculosissimus,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 64:

    negotia,

    Arn. 5, 175:

    non ridiculosa ut scribis, sed ridicula mihi forte res accidit,

    not comical, but ridiculous, Hier. adv. Rufin. 3, 12.

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  • 18 ridiculum

    rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.
    I.
    In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).
    A.
    Adj.:

    quamvis ridiculus est,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 43; cf.:

    quando adbibero, alludiabo, tum sum ridiculissimus,

    id. Stich. 2, 2, 58:

    si ridiculum hominem quaeret quispiam,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 17:

    cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    homines,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121; id. de Or. 2, 54, 221; Juv. 3, 153:

    mus,

    a funny little mouse, Hor. A. P. 139:

    inest lepos ludusque in hac comoediā: ridicula res est,

    Plaut. As. prol. 14:

    ridicula et jocosa res,

    Cat. 56, 1 and 4:

    dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus... nemo ridet,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22; so,

    dictum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 6:

    logos ridiculos vendo,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

    vultus gestusque,

    Quint. 6, 3, 26 et saep.: ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

    ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112; so Quint. 6, 3, 94.— Absol.:

    hui, tam cito? ridiculum!

    how comical! Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so id. ib. 4, 2, 29; id. Eun. 3, 1, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

    (Porcius) Ridiculus totas simul obsorbere placentas,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    rīdĭcŭ-lus, i, m., a jester, buffoon:

    Gelasimo nomen mihi indidit parvo pater. Quia inde jam a pauxillo puero ridiculus fui, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 21 sq.; so id. ib. 17 and 64; [p. 1595] 4, 2, 54; id. Capt. 3, 1, 10; 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13; Vulg. Hab. 1, 10.—
    2.
    rīdĭcŭlum, i, or plur.: rīdĭcŭla, ōrum, n., something laughable, a laughing matter; a jest, joke, etc.: proprium materiae, de quā nunc loquimur, est ridiculum, ideoque haec tota disputatio a Graecis peri geloiou inscribitur, Quint. 6, 3, 22; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq. (v. the whole chapter on laughter, when and how it should be excited, etc., Cic. l. l.; and:

    de risu,

    Quint. 6, 3):

    in jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo genera plura sunt... illud admonemus, ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 26, 87:

    per ridiculum dicere (opp. severe),

    id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

    ridiculi causā (with joco),

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 36:

    mihi solae ridiculo fuit,

    I had the joke all to myself, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3:

    quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est... materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237 sq.; Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 2:

    saepe etiam sententiose ridicula dicuntur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

    facetum non tantum circa ridicula consistere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    ridicula aut facimus aut dicimus, etc.,

    id. 6, 3, 25.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.

    rideo, II. B. 2.): hujus insania, quae ridiaula est aliis, mihi tum molesta sane fuit, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

    ludibria,

    Lucr. 2, 47:

    qui ridiculus minus illo (es)?

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

    stulta reprehendere facillimum est, nam per se sunt ridicula,

    Quint. 6, 3, 71; cf.

    (with stulta),

    id. 2, 10, 6:

    poëma (shortly before: inculti versus et male nati),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

    pudor,

    Juv. 11, 55.— Ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

    est ridiculum, ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, quaerere, quae habere non possumus,

    Cic. Arch. 4, 8; so,

    putare,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 59:

    de confessis praecipere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 7.— Adv.: rīdĭ-cŭlē.
    a.
    (Acc. to I.) Laughably, jokingly, humorously:

    rogitas,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 46:

    non modo acute, sed etiam ridicule ac facete,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; 2, 71, 289; id. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

    ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere,

    Phaedr. 3, 4, 5.—
    b.
    (Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

    insanus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 19.

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  • 19 ridiculus

    rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.
    I.
    In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).
    A.
    Adj.:

    quamvis ridiculus est,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 43; cf.:

    quando adbibero, alludiabo, tum sum ridiculissimus,

    id. Stich. 2, 2, 58:

    si ridiculum hominem quaeret quispiam,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 17:

    cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,

    Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    homines,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121; id. de Or. 2, 54, 221; Juv. 3, 153:

    mus,

    a funny little mouse, Hor. A. P. 139:

    inest lepos ludusque in hac comoediā: ridicula res est,

    Plaut. As. prol. 14:

    ridicula et jocosa res,

    Cat. 56, 1 and 4:

    dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus... nemo ridet,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22; so,

    dictum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 6:

    logos ridiculos vendo,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

    vultus gestusque,

    Quint. 6, 3, 26 et saep.: ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

    ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112; so Quint. 6, 3, 94.— Absol.:

    hui, tam cito? ridiculum!

    how comical! Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so id. ib. 4, 2, 29; id. Eun. 3, 1, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

    (Porcius) Ridiculus totas simul obsorbere placentas,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    rīdĭcŭ-lus, i, m., a jester, buffoon:

    Gelasimo nomen mihi indidit parvo pater. Quia inde jam a pauxillo puero ridiculus fui, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 21 sq.; so id. ib. 17 and 64; [p. 1595] 4, 2, 54; id. Capt. 3, 1, 10; 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13; Vulg. Hab. 1, 10.—
    2.
    rīdĭcŭlum, i, or plur.: rīdĭcŭla, ōrum, n., something laughable, a laughing matter; a jest, joke, etc.: proprium materiae, de quā nunc loquimur, est ridiculum, ideoque haec tota disputatio a Graecis peri geloiou inscribitur, Quint. 6, 3, 22; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq. (v. the whole chapter on laughter, when and how it should be excited, etc., Cic. l. l.; and:

    de risu,

    Quint. 6, 3):

    in jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo genera plura sunt... illud admonemus, ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 26, 87:

    per ridiculum dicere (opp. severe),

    id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

    ridiculi causā (with joco),

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 36:

    mihi solae ridiculo fuit,

    I had the joke all to myself, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3:

    quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est... materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237 sq.; Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 2:

    saepe etiam sententiose ridicula dicuntur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

    facetum non tantum circa ridicula consistere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 19:

    ridicula aut facimus aut dicimus, etc.,

    id. 6, 3, 25.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.

    rideo, II. B. 2.): hujus insania, quae ridiaula est aliis, mihi tum molesta sane fuit, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

    ludibria,

    Lucr. 2, 47:

    qui ridiculus minus illo (es)?

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

    stulta reprehendere facillimum est, nam per se sunt ridicula,

    Quint. 6, 3, 71; cf.

    (with stulta),

    id. 2, 10, 6:

    poëma (shortly before: inculti versus et male nati),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

    pudor,

    Juv. 11, 55.— Ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

    est ridiculum, ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, quaerere, quae habere non possumus,

    Cic. Arch. 4, 8; so,

    putare,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 59:

    de confessis praecipere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 7.— Adv.: rīdĭ-cŭlē.
    a.
    (Acc. to I.) Laughably, jokingly, humorously:

    rogitas,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 46:

    non modo acute, sed etiam ridicule ac facete,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; 2, 71, 289; id. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

    ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere,

    Phaedr. 3, 4, 5.—
    b.
    (Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

    insanus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 19.

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  • 20 scurra

    scurra, ae, m.
    I.
    Orig., an elegant, town-bred man; a fine gentleman, gallant, dandy:

    tu urbanus vero scurra, deliciae popli, Rus mihi tu objectas?

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14; cf. (opp. militaris) id. Ep. 1, 1, 13; id. Curc. 2, 3, 17.—Also of an elegant debauchee, Cic. Sest. 17, 39; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    A city buffoon, droll, jester (usually in the suite of wealthy persons, and accordingly a kind of parasite;

    syn.: sannio, parasitus): urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165; id. Poen. 3, 2, 35; 5, 5, 2; id. Truc. 2, 6, 10; Cic. Quint. 3, 11; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146; Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: Hor. S. 1, 5, 52, 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 15, 28; 1, 18, 4; Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 20.—Zeno sarcastically called Socrates scurra Atticus, Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93:

    Sabinus Asilius, venustissimus inter rhetores scurra,

    Sen. Suas. 2, 12.—Of the clown in a pantomime, Juv. 13, 111.—Prov.:

    vetus est: De scurrā multo facilius divitem quam patremfamilias fieri posse,

    Cic. Quint. 17, 55. —
    2.
    In the times of the later emperors, one of the guard, a soldier of the guard, a guardsman, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 61; 62 fin.; id. Heliog. 33; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 30.

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  • droll — [drəul US droul] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: drôle] amusing in an unusual way …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • droll — [ droul ] adjective funny in an unusual way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • droll — (adj.) 1620s, from Fr. drôle odd, comical, funny (1580s), in M.Fr. a noun meaning a merry fellow, possibly from M.Du. drol fat little fellow, goblin, or M.H.G. trolle clown, ultimately from O.N. troll giant, troll (see TROLL (Cf. troll) (n.)).… …   Etymology dictionary

  • droll — *laughable, risible, comic, comical, funny, ludicrous, ridiculous, farcical Analogous words: amusing, diverting, entertaining (see AMUSE): absurd, preposterous (see FOOLISH): humorous, *witty, facetious …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • droll — [adj] amusing, farcical absurd, camp, campy, clownish, comic, comical, crack up, diverting, eccentric, entertaining, for grins*, funny, gagged up*, gelastic, humorous, jocular, joshing, laffer, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint,… …   New thesaurus

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