Definition of Derisiveness

1. Noun. The condition of being derisive ¹

2. Noun. Derisive behaviour ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Derisiveness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Derisiveness

deriding
deridingly
derig
derigged
derigging
derigs
derilict
dering
deringer
deringers
derisible
derision
derisions
derisive
derisively
derisiveness (current term)
derisivenesses
derisk
derisked
derisking
derisorily
derisory
derivability
derivable
derivably
derival
derivals
derivate
derivates
derivation

Literary usage of Derisiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"You are a cockie chap to go again a man axing where and what you "a been when you are axing a place, said Long Dick, in the derisiveness of superior wisdom. ..."

2. The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1900)
"The Chamber of Justice felt the derisiveness of the Regent's permission, and ceased to transact business. ..."

3. The Memoirs of the Duke de Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1876)
"The Chamber of Justice felt the derisiveness of the Regent's permission, and ceased to transact business. It thought to embarrass the Regent thus, ..."

4. Bench and Bar: A Complete Digest of the Wit, Humor, Asperities, and by L. J. Bigelow (1871)
"... was usually so distinct from mere flippant derisiveness, and his unfairness was redeemed by such delicacy of wit and courtesy of manner, that his most ..."

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