derisible, a.
(dɪˈrɪzɪb(ə)l)
[f. L. type *dērīsibilis, f. dērīs-, ppl. stem of dērīdēre: see -ble. Cf. It. derisibile ‘that may be derided’ (Florio 1611).]
To be derided; worthy of derision.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 712 The Pharmacopolist that wants Sugar, is not so derisible, as he. 1885 Stevenson Dynamiter 45, I was his hopeless and derisible inferior. |