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Latin
Etymology
From in- + rīdeō (“laugh; ridicule”).
Pronunciation
Verb
irrīdeō (present infinitive irrīdēre, perfect active irrīsī, supine irrīsum); second conjugation
- 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.
- to make a laughing stock or a fool of
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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