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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1659
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Ludicre, n. [f. as Ludicrous a.] The condition of being made sport of, ridicule, mockery. — 1659 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 182.
To bring the visitatiouns in a ludicre and contempt
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