† derisoriousadj.
= derisory adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
1664 H. More Antidote Idolatry 73 A derisorious Allusion to the occasion of the name of that City.
1681 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus i. 58 His unworthy usage of the Holy Writ, and his derisorious Interpretations of it.
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