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“jeer” in Latin
irrīdeōto laugh at, mock, make fun of, ridicule; joke, jeer; to make a laughing stock or a fool oflūdibriummockery, derision; wantonness; laughing stockdeusgod, deity; the ancient Roman “Dī Penātēs,” personal or family gods of hearth and home, embodied as small statues or icodērīdeōto laugh at, mock, make fun of, deridecavillorto jeer, mock, satirize; to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistryillūdōto mock, ridicule, jeer, scoff; to waste away, destroy something in sport; to violate, abuse, ruiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sportiocātiōjoke, jest
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
jeer v.
To jeer at anybody or anything, ludibrio (sibi) habere, irridere (to laugh in a man’s face; therefore insolently, or from love of mischief, etc.); also, per jocum irridere (e.g., deos, Cic.): deridere (to laugh down, scornfully; in a spirit of pride and contempt): cavillari (in an ironical, teasing way); all aliquem or aliquid: illudere (to jest at; e.g., hujus miseri fortunis; also, in aliquem): ludificari (in this sense it is better to use it absolutely; e.g., aperte ludificari: ludificari aliquem is rather “to put a trick on him”‘): irrisu insectari (to persecute with mockery, etc.; only a person): sugillare (PROP., to beat black and blue; then to jeer bitterly, so as to leave the person no peace, or to attack anything incessantly): to jeer at anybody with bitter mockery, acerbis facetiis irridere: to jeer at religion, deridere res divinas. To be jeered by everybody, omnium irrisione ludi; by the senators, patribus risui esse (Liv.). In a jeering manner, ab irrisu (e.g., linguam exserere, Liv.).
jeer s.
jocus: jocatio. [Vid. JEERING, s.] Amid the jeers of the auditors, cum irrisione audientium: amid the jeers of those who had seen it with their own eyes, multum irridentibus, qui ipsi viderant (Terentianus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for jeer?
- The usual Latin words for “jeer” are irrīdeō, lūdibrium, deus; also dērīdeō, cavillor, illūdō. 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.