# ridicule

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹɪdɪkjuːl/ · frequency rank #18,679

## Definitions
1. To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

## Etymology
The obsolete adjective is borrowed from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus (“laughable, comical, amusing, absurd, ridiculous”), from ridere (“to laugh”).
The noun is either from French, noun use of adjective, or from Latin rīdiculum, noun use of neuter of rīdiculus.
The verb is from the noun or else from French ridiculer, from ridicule.

## Common misspellings (11)
`irdicule`, `rdiicule`, `ridciule`, `riddicule`, `ridiccule`, `ridiclue`, `ridicuel`, `ridiculle`, `ridiucle`, `riidcule`, `rridicule`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ridicule