different between raillery vs derision

raillery

English

Etymology

From French raillerie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?l??i/

Noun

raillery (countable and uncountable, plural railleries)

  1. Good-natured ridicule, jest or banter.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XVIII:
      Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned.

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derision

English

Etymology

From Old French derision, from Latin d?r?si?nem, accusative of d?r?si?, from d?r?d?re ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??????n/
  • Rhymes: -???n

Noun

derision (countable and uncountable, plural derisions)

  1. Act of treating with disdain.
  2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
    • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 14:
      Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision []

Related terms

  • deride
  • derider
  • ridicule
  • ridiculous
  • ridiculosity

Translations

Further reading

  • derision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • derision in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Ironside, ironised, ironside, resinoid

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