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Meaning of irrision | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ɪˈɹɪʒən/

Definitions

The act of laughing at another; derision.

countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“This being spoken scopticè, or by way of irrision.”
“From thence he was carried back to Jerusalem, first to Annas, then to Caiaphas, and (as late as it was) then he was examined and buffeted, and delivered over to the custody of those officers from whom he received all those irrisions […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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