Doodlingo

ludicrous

/ˈluː.dɪ.krəs/ · adjective

So absurd it tips clean over from serious into laughable.

from Latin ludicrus, playful or mocking, from ludus 'game'.

By the time he blamed the missing files on a pigeon, the excuse had become ludicrous.

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