irrision

/ɪˈɹɪʒən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

"This being spoken scopticè, or by way of irrision."
"From thence he was carried back to Jerusalem, first to Annas, then to Caiaphas, and (as late as it was) then he was examined and buffeted, and delivered over to the custody of those officers from whom he received all those irrisions […]"

From Latin irrīsiō, from irrīdēre (“to laugh at”); ir- (“in”) + rīdeō (“to laugh”): compare French irrision.

irrisions (plural)

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How do you pronounce irrision?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈɹɪʒən/.

What does irrision mean?

The act of laughing at another; derision.

Where does irrision come from?

It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce irrision

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