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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

irrisio

, fr.

irridere

irrisum

, to laugh at; pref.

ir-

in +

ridere

to laugh: cf. F.

irrision

The act of laughing at another; derision.

This being spoken

scepticè

, or by way of

irrision

Chapman.

Noun.

s as z. [L. irrisio, irrideo; in and ridio, to laugh.] The act of laughing at another.

irrision ‎(countable and uncountable, plural irrisions)

(obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision.
- Chapman
  This being spoken scepticè, or by way of irrision.
- John Donne
  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 […]