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IRRISION

Definition: IRRISION

IRRISION

Noun

1. The act of laughing at another; derision.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Irrision \Ir*ri"sion\, noun. [Latin expression irrisio, from irridere, irrisum. to laugh at; prefix ir- in ridere to laugh: compare to the French expression irrision.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: IRRISION

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disrespect

Vilipendency, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation; irrision; derision; mockery; irony; (ridicule); sarcasm.

Ridicule

Noun: ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision; scoffing; (disrespect); mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage; quizzing; Verb: asteism.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: IRRISION

Etymologies containing "IRRISION": Irrisible. (references)

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Anagrams: IRRISION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-i-i-n-o-r-r-s"

-3 letters: irons, noirs, noris, ornis, orris, rosin.

-4 letters: inro, ions, iris, iron, nisi, noir, nori, rins, sori, sorn.

-5 letters: ins, ion, nor, nos, ons, ors, rin, sin, sir, son, sri.

 Words containing the letters "i-i-i-n-o-r-r-s"
 

+3 letters: interiorise, irreligions, irrigations, irritations.

 

+4 letters: interiorised, interiorises, interiorizes, irradiations.

 

+5 letters: discriminator, doctrinairism, exteriorising, incorrigibles, inferiorities, interiorising, interiorities, irrationalism, irrationalist, irreligionist, subirrigation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IRRISION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 52 52 49 53 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01010010 01010010 01001001 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#82 &#82 &#73 &#83 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0052 0052 0049 0053 0049 004F 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4352524353434948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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