railler

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(transitive) to mock, taunt, jeer at
(intransitive) to jest

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁa.je/

Inherited from Middle French

Cognate with Occitan

Cognate with Catalan

Cognate with Italian

In summary

Inherited from Middle French railler, from Vulgar Latin *raglāre < *ragulāre, from Late Latin ragō (“to bray”) (whence Old French raire (“to shout, said of deer”), réer (“to shout, said of deer”), Romanian rage (“to scream, said of people or especially animals”); attested once directly in a 10th-century Hermeneumata manuscript, original perhaps c. 4th century). Compare Occitan ralhar, Catalan rallar, Italian ragliare.