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Ridiculous - Juxtaposition with the sublime. 1  The ridiculous is sometimes contrasted to the sublime where something with one quality is thought of as approaching, or likely to change to, the other.
Word Origin & History. stupid 1540s, mentally slow, from M.Fr. stupide, from L. stupidus amazed, confounded, lit. struck senseless, from stupere be stunned, amazed, confounded, from PIE *(s)tupe- hit, from base *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)). Native words for this idea include negative compounds with words for wise (cf.