ludibrious

comparative more ludibrious · superlative most ludibrious

1. obsoletesportive; wanton

   Carols, too, receive ludibrious attention; and it is not unusual for small Christmas singers at the door to offer their own words to the familiar tunes […]

   1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

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   Genius, enamor'd of his fruitful bride, Assumes new force and elevates his pride. No more, recumbent o'er his finger'd style, He plods whole years each copy to compile, Leaves to ludibrious winds the priceless page, Or to chance fires the treasure of an age; But bold and buoyant, with his sister Fame, He strides o'er earth, holds high his ardent flame, Calls up Discovery with her tube and scroll, And points the trembling magnet to the pole.

   1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad

2. obsoleteridiculous

   the Souldiers Geniculations, thornie Coronation, and ludibrious Gesticulations

   1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrim or Microcosmus