This action . . . became so ridicule.
Aubrey.
Rid"i*cu`ler (?), n. One who ridicules.
Ri*dic"u*lize (?), v. t. To make ridiculous; to ridicule. [Obs.]
Chapman.
Ri*dic`u*los"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being ridiculous;
ridiculousness; also, something ridiculous. [Archaic] Bailey.
Ri*dic"u*lous (?), a. [L. ridiculosus, ridiculus, fr. ridere to laigh.
Cf. Risible.] 1. Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable;
unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.
Agricola, discerning that those little targets and unwieldy glaives
ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and
close, commanded three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come
to handy strokes.
Milton.