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derider

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de·ride  (d-rd)
tr.v. de·rid·ed, de·rid·ing, de·rides
To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth. See Synonyms at ridicule.
[Latin drdre : d-, de- + rdre, to laugh at.]
de·rider n.
de·riding·ly adv.
Translations
derider
n → Verspotter(in) m(f), → Spötter(in) m(f)


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Whereupon Tom arose, and giving vent thus to his grief and shame and rage, smote his derider on the nose; and made it bleed; which sent that young worthy howling to the usher, who reported Tom for violent and unprovoked assault and battery.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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