Derision

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Derision - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

DERISION, n.

1. The act of laughing at in contempt.

2. Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.

I am in derision daily. Jer 20.

3. An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock.

I was a derision to all my people. Lam 3.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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