derisus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dērīsus: a, um, Part., from derideo.
dērīsus: ūs, m. derideo,
I mockery, scorn, derision (perh. not ante-Aug.): facile ad derisum stulta levitas ducitur, Phaedr. 5, 7, 3; Sen. Contr. 4 prooem.; Quint. 6, 3, 7; Tac. Agr. 39; esp.: in derisum facere, to mock, put to scorn, Vulg. Jer. 20, 7 sq.; id. Thren. 3, 14; cf.: in derisum habere, dare, id. Sap. 5, 3; 12, 25.