irrisionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin irrīsiō, from irrīdēre, present active infinitive of irrīdeō (“I laugh at”); ir- (“in”) + rīdeō (“I laugh”): compare French irrision.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɪʒən/

名詞

irrision (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 irrisions)

1. (obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision.
   • 1611, George Chapman, The Iliad

     This being spoken scopticè, or by way of irrision.

   • 1630, John Donne, Sermon Preached at Whitehall

     From thence he was carried back to Jerusalem, first to Annas, then to Caiaphas, and (as late as it was) then he was examined and buffeted, and delivered over to the custody of those officers from whom he received all those irrisions […]