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derisory(dictionary)

derisory (iou)



derisory adjective. E17.
[Late Latin derisorius, from deris-: see DERISION, -ORY2.]
= DERISIVE 1. E17.
So small or unimportant as to be ridiculous; laughably inadequate. E20.
S. Unwin What would appear to them a derisory sum might be of importance to a poet. Oxford Times Both rejected the present rate offer as 'derisory'.