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Ridiculous day your old dad returned
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derisory
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Derisory \De*ri"so*ry\, a. [L. derisorius: cf. F. d['e]risoire.] Derisive; mocking. --Shaftesbury.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ derisory comments ▪ Government increases in health expenditure are derisory . ▪ The company's profits increased 35%, but they've only offered a derisory 2.5% pay increase. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All my attention focused ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Laughably small or inadequate. 2 derisive; laughable; ridiculous
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Latin derisorius , from derisor "derider," agent noun from deridere (see deride ).
Usage examples of derisory.
In the last forty-eight hours, momentous events had happened in his life: his father had given him a derisory patrimony, his mother had cursed his father, and he had tried to murder his brother-but none of these things occupied his mind.
Animal Farm, borrowing the most popular of the derisory nicknames it had accumulated during the surveillance.
Three thousand Venerian consols was a derisory offer, even if Sal had been willing to deal.
Of Jinx Fairchild's friends Bobo is the loudest and the brawliest, and Iris has always shied away from something derisory in his manner.