ばからしい
ばからしい · bakarashii · JLPT N2 · i-adj
absurd
馬鹿らしい = 馬鹿 (fool) + らしい (seems like), so it seems foolish, i.e. absurd
The 馬 in 馬鹿 is phonetic (ateji), not the animal horse. The root ばか means fool, and the suffix らしい means seems like.
ばからしい · bakarashii · JLPT N2 · i-adj
absurd
馬鹿らしい = 馬鹿 (fool) + らしい (seems like), so it seems foolish, i.e. absurd
The 馬 in 馬鹿 is phonetic (ateji), not the animal horse. The root ばか means fool, and the suffix らしい means seems like.