deride (derid)

t.; pret. and pp. derided, ppr. deriding. [OF. derider, derire, F. dial. derire = It. deridere, diridere, The Pharisees also... derided him. Luke xvi, 14. Men have rather sought by wit to deride and traduce much of that which is good in profe ions, than with judg. ment to discover and sever that which is corrupt. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 281. =Syn. Ridicule, etc. (see taunt ), banter, rally, jeer, gibe, scout, scoff at, insult. derider (de-rider), n. One who derides; a mocker; a scoffer. Execrable blasphemies, and like contempts offered by deriders of religion. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. deridingly (de-riding-li), adv. By way of derision or mockery. His parasite was wont deridingly to advise him. Bp. Reynolds, On the Pa ions, xxxvii. derisible (de-riz'i-bl), a. [= It. der is i bile, In every point of intellectual character I was his hope IMG:content-2426.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2427.png:[blocks in formation]