ridindigi
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
ridinda (“ridiculous”) + -igi.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ridindigi (present ridindigas, past ridindigis, future ridindigos, conditional ridindigus, volitive ridindigu)
- to ridicule, to make ridiculous
- 1907, Kabe, chapter 10, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
- Nur ne ridindigu sin nia juna homo per siaj noktaj promenoj al la fenicia pastrino!…
- Now if only our young man won't make himself ridiculous with his nightly excursions to the Phoenician priestess!