Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Derision; scorn; mockery; dishonor.

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

  • noun obsolete Derision; mockery.

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  • noun obsolete, rare derision; mockery

Etymologies

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Latin subsannatio, from subsannare to deride by mimicking gestures.

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