subderisorious love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Ridiculing with moderation or delicacy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Ridiculing with moderation.

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  • adjective obsolete Ridiculing in moderation.

Etymologies

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sub- + Latin derisorius. See derisory.

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  • Mildly ridiculing. (Luciferous Logolepsy)

    May 16, 2008