Obs. [ad. L. lūdibrium: see prec.] Derision, contempt; concr. an object of derision.
1637. Bastwick, Litany, II. 5. Brought vpon euery stage, and into the pulpit, as fittest for ludibry by the Players, Preists, and Prelats.
a. 1687. R. McWard, Earnest Contend. for Faith (1723), 346 (Jam.). No be by Popish Artifice,… the most renowned Court in the World is made the Ludibrie and Laughing-stock of the Earth.
1722. Wodrow, Hist. Ch. Scotl. (1833), III. 225. This step of Mr. Cargill’s hath been matter of much reproach and ludibry to the enemies of the Church of Scotland.
