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irrision

/ɪˈɹɪʒən/

irrision noun: the act of laughing at another; derision.

Noun

irrision (countable and uncountable, plural irrisions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision.
    • This being spoken scopticè, or by way of irrision.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
    • 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 […]1630, John Donne, Sermon Preached at Whitehall

irrision meaning in Urdu

irrision in Urdu

دوسروں پر ہنسی

Forms of irrision

pluralirrisions

Origin of irrision

From Latin irrīsiō, from irrīdēre (“to laugh at”); ir- (“in”) + rīdeō (“to laugh”): compare French irrision.

Questions about irrision

What does irrision mean?
Irrision means the act of laughing at another; derision.
What is irrision in Urdu?
Irrision in Urdu is دوسروں پر ہنسی. See Irrision meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is irrision?
Irrision is a noun.
How do you pronounce irrision?
Irrision is pronounced /ɪˈɹɪʒən/.
What is the plural of irrision?
The plural of irrision is irrisions.

Words near irrision in the dictionary

  1. irrigatory
  2. irrigraphy
  3. irriguous
  4. irrinotecan
  5. irrisible
  6. irrision
  7. irrisions
  8. irrisistible
  9. irrisory
  10. irritabilities
  11. irritability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: irrision (page history and authors); irrision (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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