🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

荒谬

Pronunciation / Transliteration: huāngmiù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ridiculousness/rɪˈdɪkjələsnəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"情况的荒谬是显而易见的。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or quality of being ridiculous; absurdity.

    "The ridiculousness of the situation made everyone laugh."
  2. 2

    An instance or example of something that is ridiculous.

    "His excuse for being late was pure ridiculousness."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'ridiculousness' is derived from the Latin 'ridiculus', meaning 'laughable' or 'absurd', combined with the English suffix '-ness', which denotes a state or quality. The term evolved in the late 19th century to describe the quality of being ridiculous.

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