"ludibrious" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:",
          "text": "Genius, enamor'd of his fruitful bride,\nAssumes new force and elevates his pride.\nNo more, recumbent o'er his finger'd style,\nHe plods whole years each copy to compile,\nLeaves to ludibrious winds the priceless page,\nOr to chance fires the treasure of an age;\nBut bold and buoyant, with his sister Fame,\nHe strides o'er earth, holds high his ardent flame,\nCalls up Discovery with her tube and scroll,\nAnd points the trembling magnet to the pole.",
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          "ref": "1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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        "sportive; wanton"
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        "(obsolete) sportive; wanton"
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          "ref": "1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrim or Microcosmus:",
          "text": "the Souldiers Geniculations, thornie Coronation, and ludibrious Gesticulations",
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        "(obsolete) ridiculous"
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