Ir-rĭ'sion, n.

(ir rĭzh'un), n. [Lat. irrīsio, from irrīdĕre, to laugh at, from prefix in and rīdĕre, to laugh; Fr. & Sp. irrision, It. irrisione.] The act of laughing at another; derision. “This being spoken sceptic, or by way of irrision.” Chapman.