perridiculus

Latin

Etymology

From per (“through”) + rīdiculus (“absurd, ridiculous”), from rīdeō (“to laugh; mock”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛr.riːˈdɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [per.riˈdiː.ku.lus]

Adjective

perrīdiculus (feminine perrīdicula, neuter perrīdiculum, adverb perrīdiculē); first/second-declension adjective

1. very ridiculous or hilarious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	perrīdiculus	perrīdicula	perrīdiculum		perrīdiculī	perrīdiculae	perrīdicula
genitive	perrīdiculī	perrīdiculae	perrīdiculī		perrīdiculōrum	perrīdiculārum	perrīdiculōrum
dative	perrīdiculō	perrīdiculae	perrīdiculō		perrīdiculīs
accusative	perrīdiculum	perrīdiculam	perrīdiculum		perrīdiculōs	perrīdiculās	perrīdicula
ablative	perrīdiculō	perrīdiculā	perrīdiculō		perrīdiculīs
vocative	perrīdicule	perrīdicula	perrīdiculum		perrīdiculī	perrīdiculae	perrīdicula

Derived terms

• perrīdiculē

References

• “perridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perridiculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• perridiculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016