Lexicographical Neighbors of Derisible
Literary usage of Derisible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"... but it is possible that this insular delicacy or prudery of relish and of
sense may not be altogether a pitiable infirmity or a derisible defect. ..."
2. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... accord ing to etiquette. derisible*. deriv/ation, -ative, -ed; abbr. der.
derm*, derm/a*, -is*, ..."
3. Author & Printer: A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers, Correctors of the by Frederick Howard Collins (1905)
"... in order. de rigueur* (Fr.), according to etiquette. derisible*.
deriv/ation, -ative, -ed; abbr. der. derm*, ..."
4. The Silk Weaver by Gabrielle Warnock (1999)
"That stone had been shattered when Danno had opened the door and had realised
the derisible naivety of his own assumption. Anton had failed to come to work ..."
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