[It] provokes me to ridiculous smiling.
Shak.
Syn. -- Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical; absurd;
preposterous. See Ludicrous.
--- Ri*dic"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Ri*dic"u*lous*ness, n.
Rid"ing (rd"ng), n. [For thriding, Icel. þriðjungr the third part, fr.
þriði third, akin to E. third. See Third.] One of the three
jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; --
formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North,
the East, and the West, Riding. Blackstone.
Rid"ing, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. "One
riding apparitor." Ayliffe.