irrideo

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- +‎ rīdeō (laugh; ridicule).

Pronunciation

Verb

irrīdeō (present infinitive irrīdēre, perfect active irrīsī, supine irrīsum); second conjugation

  1. to laugh at, mock, make fun of, ridicule; joke, jeer
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.420:
      irrīsum voltū dēspicit illa suō
      She ridicules him, and by the look on her face she despises him.
  2. to make a laughing stock or a fool of

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: irridere

References

  • irrideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • irrideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make sport of, rally a person: ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem