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Latin
Etymology
From dērīdeō (“to laugh at, to mock, to deride”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
dērīsor m (genitive dērīsōris); third declension
- mocker, scoffer
Nōlī arguere dērīsōrem nē ōderit tē, argue sapientem et dīliget tē.- Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- “derisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “derisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- derisor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.