irrideo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From in- + rīdeō (“laugh; ridicule”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪrˈriː.de.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [irˈriː.d̪e.o]
Verb
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
Conjugation of irrīdeō (second conjugation)
Derived terms
- irrīdenter
- irrīdiculum
- irrīsibilis
- irrīsiō
- irrīsīvē
- irrīsor
- irrīsus
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: irridere
References
- “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