derisible
Deserving derisionDeserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).
Meaning
1 sensesDeserving derision (“treatment with disdain or contempt”).
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Latin *dērīsibilis (compare Italian derisibile, “deridable”), from dērīsus + -ibilisFrom Latin *dērīsibilis (compare Italian derisibile, “deridable”), from dērīsus + -ibilis (whence English -ible), a variant of -bilis (adjective-forming suffix that denotes the capacity or worth of being acted upon). Dērīsus is the perfect passive participle of dērīdeō (“to laugh at, make fun of, mock, deride”), from dē- (intensifying prefix) + rīdeō (“to laugh; to laugh at, mock, ridicule”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (originally “to rotate or turn”, then specifically “to turn the lips [for a smile]”), root also of English worth, weird and -ward(s).
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Forms
more derisible, most derisible| Comparative | more derisible Lesson |
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| Superlative | most derisible Lesson |
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Synonyms
85 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form