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Senso (Inglese)

  1. (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To laugh in a harshly mocking manner.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/dɪˈɹaɪd/
Etimologia (Inglese)

PIE word *de Learned borrowing from Latin dērīdēre, the present active infinitive of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (prefix denoting putting down or subjecting to indignity) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”) (referring to turning the mouth to smile) or *wreyd- (“to carve; to scratch”)). cognates * Old French dérider (rare), derire

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