English → Latin
“derision” in Latin
dērīdeōto laugh at, mock, make fun of, deridedērīsiōa laughing to scorn, mockery, derisionirrīsiōderision, mockeryirrīdeōto laugh at, mock, make fun of, ridicule; joke, jeer; to make a laughing stock or a fool ofcavillātiōjeering, scoffing; irony in jest or in earnest; an empty, sophistical discourse; sophistrysūgillātĭoa blackand-blue mark
The English word derision itself goes back to Latin rīdeō, through dērīsiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
derision
derisus; derisio (laughing to scorn; derisio by later writers): irrisio; irrisus (mockery): cavillatio (ironical, irritating derision): sugillatio (derision with supercilious insulting mockery): luditicatio (making a laughing-stock of anybody): in derision, ab irrisu (Liv.); per deridiculum (Plaut.): to become an object of derision, in ludibrium verti; ad ludibrium recidere: to have anybody in derision, aliquem habere ludibrio et despectui (Cic.); aliquem habere deridiculo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for derision?
- The usual Latin words for “derision” are dērīdeō, dērīsiō, irrīsiō; also irrīdeō, cavillātiō, sūgillātĭo. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.