derision

/dəˈɪʒən/dur-IH-zhuhn

/dɚˈɪʒən/dur-IH-zhuhn

Meaninglaughing down

Common meaning: scornful laughter

dedown, away, off; undoing
risto laughLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1594 · scan
ionnoun ending: act or result

‘down, away, off’ + ‘to laugh’ → derision

Journey through time

Latinrīdeō, rīsī, rīsum‘to laugh’
Englishderision‘scornful laughter’ · today

de- also in: deter decamp decide deduce defame

ris also in: deride ridicule ridiculous

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin rīdeō ‘to laugh’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry rīdeō, p. 1594 · dictionary scan

Roots

rīdeō, rīsī, rīsum Latin “to laugh”

Related words

deride ridicule ridiculous

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