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A Writer's Dictionary:

derisory Definition


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derisory
adj
    1. Ridiculous and insulting, especially ridiculously small.
      Thesaurus: laughable, outrageous, ridiculous, absurd, ludicrous, preposterous, risible, contemptible.
Etymology: 20c in this sense; 17c, meaning ‘scornful' or ‘mocking': from Latin derisorius derisive.



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