What does irrision mean?
Irrision means (obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision..
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/ɪˈɹɪʒən/ · noun
(obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision..
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 […]
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Irrision means (obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision..
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This being spoken scopticè, or by way of irrision.
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