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Latin
Etymology
Substantive from the neuter of dērīdiculus (“very laughable, ridiculous”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dērīdiculum n (genitive dērīdiculī); second declension
- ridicule
- a mockery, an object of derision
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Adjective
dērīdiculum
- inflection of dērīdiculus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “deridiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deridiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deridiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.