The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ; incapable of laughter. Campbell. [Rare.] irrision (i-rizhon), n. [= F. irrision = = Pg. irrisSo = It. , inrisione, < L. irrisio{n-), inrisio{n-), a mocking, deriding, < irridcrc, inridere, laugh at, mock, deride, <in, in, on, to, + ridere, laugh; cf. derision.]The act of sneering or laughing derisively;mockery; derision. [Obsolete or archaic] Then he againe, by way of irrision. Ye say veiy true in-deed — That will ye, quoth bee, wh
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ; incapable of laughter. Campbell. [Rare.] irrision (i-rizhon), n. [= F. irrision = = Pg. irrisSo = It. , inrisione, < L. irrisio{n-), inrisio{n-), a mocking, deriding, < irridcrc, inridere, laugh at, mock, deride, <in, in, on, to, + ridere, laugh; cf. derision.]The act of sneering or laughing derisively;mockery; derision. [Obsolete or archaic] Then he againe, by way of irrision. Ye say veiy true in-deed — That will ye, quoth bee, when a mule shall bringfoorth a fole. Holland, tr. of Suetonius, p. 212. To abstain from doing all affronts, . . and mockingsof our neighbour, not giving him appellatives of scorn orirrision. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 197. Irrisor (i-rlsor), n. [NL., < L. irrisor, inrisor,a derider, mocker, scoffer, < irridere, inridere,laugh at: see irrision.] 1. The leading andname-giving genus of birds of the family Irri-sorida; founded by Lesson in 1831. /. erythro-rhynckvs, the best-known species, is glossy-blackish, witli. Wood-hciopoc ylrrisoy erythrorhynchns). coralline bill and feet, and the lateral tail-feathers white-tipped. Irrisor {Scoptehis) aterrivins and Irrisor (Jihino-pomastes) cyanomelas are other examples. ^ 2. [/. (.] Any bird of the genus or fam- ily Irrisoridai: as, the black irrisor; the Nama- jqua irrisor. Irrisoridse (ir-i-sori-de), n. ]>l. [NL., < Irri- sor + -i(t(T.] An African family of picarianbirds, related to the Upupida; having a long,slender, curved bill, as in that family, butthe tail long and graduated, the head crest-less, and the plumage glossy; the irrisors orwood-hoopoes. These birds are of arboreal and scan*sorial habits, though not yoke-toed ; they aie restless andnoisy, and emit an offensive odor. There are 6 or 8 well-determined species, of the genera Irrisor, Scoptelus, andKhinopomastes. See cut under Irrisor. irrisory (i
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