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irrision Now rare or arch.|ɪˈrɪʒən| [ad. L. irrīsiōn-em, n. of action from irrīdēre to laugh at, irride. Cf. F. irrision (Cotgr. 1611).] The action of laughing at a person or thing in scorn or contempt; derision, mockery.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 97 b, He was illuded and scorned with garmentes of irrisyon. 1579Twyne Phisicke agst. Fort. i. lxix. 95 b, They seeke to auoyde infamie and irrision. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. Ad Sect. xii. 100 To abstain from all mockings of our neighbour, not giving him appellatives of scorne, or irrision. 1696Bp. Patrick Comm. Exod. x. (1697) 168 Some look upon it as an Irrision or a jeer. 1833H. J. Rose Prelim. Obs. Middleton's Grk. Article (1858) p. xxiv, Stallbaum also says that the omission of the article denotes irrision. 1858Hogg Life Shelley II. xi. 385 An indecent irrision of the sacred character of the lover-poet. |