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irrisory, a. rare.|ɪˈraɪsərɪ| [f. L. type *irrīsōri-us, f. irrīsor, irrīsōr-em: see prec. and -ory.] Having the character of deriding or mocking.
1824Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. xxxviii. 244/2, I wish that, even there, you had been less irrisory, less of a pleader. 1829Ibid. II. 146/1 The young men continued in their irrisory mood. |