derisiveness (derisivnes)

The state of being derisive. Imp. Dict. derisory (de-ri'sō-ri), a. [= F. dérisoire = Pr. der is or i = It. derisorio, The comick or derisory manner is further still from making shew of method. Shaftesbury , Advice to an Author, ii. § 2. derivability (dē-ri-va-bil'i-ti), n. [ derivable : see- bility .] The character of being derivable. A derivability of the one from the other. Amer. Jour. Sci ., 3d ser., XXXII. 360. derivable (de-ri'va-bl), a. [= F. dérivable = Sp. derivable; as derive + -able.] Capable of being derived, received, or obtained. (a) Obtainable, as from a source: as, income is derivable from land, money, or stock; an estate derivable from an ancestor. He here confounds the pleasure derivable from sweet sounds with the capacity for creating them. Poe, Tales, I. 360. Having disregarded the warning derivable from common experience, he was answerable for the consequences. H. Spencer, Man vs. State, p. 47. (6) Traceable, as to a source; obtainable by derivation: as, a word derivable from the Greek. (c) Deducible, as from premises. IMG:content-2428.png:[blocks in formation] From whom the rights of kings are derivate , In its own blood to trample treason out. Sir H. Taylor , Edwin the Fair, i. 7. II. n. A word derived from another; a derivative. [Rare.]