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- deride (v.)[deride 词源字典]
- 1520s, from Middle French derider, from Latin deridere "to ridicule, laugh to scorn" (see derision). Related: Derided; deriding.[deride etymology, deride origin, 英语词源]
- derision (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French derision "derision, mockery" (13c.), from Latin derisionem (nominative derisio), noun of action from past participle stem of deridere "ridicule," from de- "down" (see de-) + ridere "to laugh."
- derisive (adj.)
- 1620s, "characterized by derision," from Latin deris-, past participle stem of deridere (see derision) + -ive. Meaning "ridiculous" is from 1896. Related: Derisively.
- derisory (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin derisorius, from derisor "derider," agent noun from deridere (see deride).