deride
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin deridere (“‘to mock, laugh at’”) < de- (“‘from, down from’”) + ridere (“‘to laugh’”).
[edit] Verb
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to deride (third-person singular simple present derides, present participle deriding, simple past and past participle derided)
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- See also Wikisaurus:ridicule
[edit] Derived terms
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[edit] Translations
to harshly mock; ridicule
[edit] External links
- deride in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- deride in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
deride
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of ddeeir
- reddei