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derisory, a.|dɪˈraɪsərɪ|
[ad. L. dērīsōri-us, f. dērīsor derider, mocker, agent-n. from dērīdēre.]
a. Characterized by derision; mocking, derisive.
1618Chapman Hesiod ii. 325 The garrulous grashopper..Sits pouring out her derisory song. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Cold Iron, a Derisory Periphrasis for a Sword. 1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit., Pol. Nicknames, The derisory nickname [Roundhead]. 1853Grote Greece ii. lxxxiii. XI. 51 Occasions for derisory cheering. 1888Times 6 Sept. 7/2 They prefer decorous obscurity to a derisory notoriety.
b. = derisive a. b.
1923Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar., In comparison with what it was hoped to do the result is derisory. 1923Daily Mail 5 June 8 Of the total German payments for reparations France has received in cash or kind the derisory amount of {pstlg}14,500,000, and England the equally preposterous amount of {pstlg}5,700,000. 1971Oxford Times 23 July 1/6 Both rejected the present rate offer as ‘derisory’. |