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irrisor rare.|ɪˈraɪsə(r)|
[a. L. irrīsor, agent-n. from irrīdēre: see prec.]
1. One who laughs at another; a mocker, a derider.
1739J. Hildrop Regul. Free-thinking 23 They shall then be admitted into the highest Rank or Degree of Risors, called the Irrisors, answering to the Degree of Senior Sophs; and shall be allowed not only to laugh and be witty, but to insult upon proper Occasions.
2. Zool. A bird of the genus Irrisor or family Irrisoridæ, natives of Africa, so called from their noisy cry; a wood-hoopoe. |