单词 | derision |
释义 | derisionn. 1. a. The action of deriding or laughing to scorn; ridicule, mockery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] hokerOE hethingc1175 scornc1175 gabbinga1225 bourd1320 scoffc1330 illusiona1382 mowinga1382 derisiona1400 mockery?a1439 alluding1535 dor1552 jerking1565 mock1569 frumpery1582 subsannation1587 floutage1600 ridiculous1605 ludibry1637 ridicule1675 razoo1888 stick1956 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > laughing to scorn derisiona1400 irrision1526 deriding1530 Democritisma1682 a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 191 Of thi wurdys I have skorne and derysone. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iv That shold be a grete lesynge and worthy of derysion. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 646 It war bot derysioun To croun him king but woice off the parlyment. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 123 Scorne, and derision, neuer come in teares. View more context for this quotation 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. D2v Scourgde with the whip of sharpe derision. 1624 N. De Lawne tr. P. Du Moulin Elements Logick 70 Sometimes names are given by contraries, and by way of derision. As, when a dwarfe is called a Goliah. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xix. 181 They had regarded it rather as an object of derision than..alarm. 1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. iv. 130 The people of Antioch were notorious for inventing names of derision. b. with plural. An instance of this, a deriding. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > piece or instance of mockc1425 scrip1488 derision1535 frump1553 flout1570 scoffery1577 frumpery1582 flouting-stock1593 ludification1623 rision1656 ridicule1710 jab1905 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xx. 10 For why I herde so many derisions and blasphemies. 1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 245 Out of reach of her derisions. c. Phrases. in, †by, †for, †to derision. ΚΠ 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 22 And thus saide to him by derysion. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxviii. f. cxiii Indyrision [sic] and despyte of the Danys. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Biiijv Than do they laughe vs unto derysyon. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCv His tytle for derysyon wryten and set ouer his heed. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xx. 133 He vald laucht and scorn vs be grit derisione. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 6 Scarce able to write, which when upon any occasion he did, it was to derision. 1747 J. Wesley Char. Methodist 11 Those who are in Derision so called. 1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun (1853) vii. 14 In derision of the gay colours. d. to hold or have in derision: to treat with scorn and mockery. to be in derision: to be subjected to mocking ridicule, to be a laughing-stock; so to bring into derision.With hold, have the action is prominent, with be the condition of the derided. ΚΠ a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clviii. f. lxxxvi Bernulphus..hadde this Egbert in derysyon [printed derysyou]. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. D3v Amongest wise men, it shoulde bee had in derision. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxx. 1 Now they that are..yonger then I, haue me in derision. a1571 Throgmorton Let. to Cecil in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1881) VI. xxxix. 439 We begin to be in derision already for the bruit only. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 8 He was in daily derision, euery one mocked him. 1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 38 British policy is brought into derision. 2. concrete. An object of ridicule; a laughing-stock. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule hethinga1340 japing-stickc1380 laughing stock?1518 mocking-stock1526 laughing game1530 jesting-stock1535 mockage1535 derision1539 sporting stocka1556 game1562 May game1569 scoffing-stock1571 playing stock1579 make-play1592 flouting-stock1593 sport1598 bauchle1600 jest1606 butt1607 make-sport1611 mocking1611 mirtha1616 laughing stakea1630 scoff1640 gaud1650 blota1657 make-mirth1656 ridicule1678 flout1708 sturgeon1708 laugh1710 ludibry1722 jestee1760 make-game1762 joke1791 laughee1808 laughing post1810 target1842 jest-word1843 Aunt Sally1859 monument1866 punchline1978 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms lxxix. 4 We are become..a very scorne and derysyon to them that are rounde aboute vs. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 8 His word was a reproach and derision to the profane. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 270 The venerable patriarch is the derision of scoundrels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1400 |
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