irrideo
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
From in- + rīdeō (“laugh; ridicule”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /irˈriː.de.oː/, [ɪrˈriːd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /irˈri.de.o/, [irˈriːd̪eo]
Verb edit
irrīdeō (present infinitive irrīdēre, perfect active irrīsī, supine irrīsum); second conjugation
- to laugh at, mock, make fun of, ridicule; joke, jeer
- to make a laughing stock or a fool of
Conjugation edit
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Descendants edit
- → Italian: irridere
References edit
- “irrideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- irrideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make sport of, rally a person: ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem
- to make sport of, rally a person: ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem