derideo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dē-rīdeō sī, sus, ēre,

to laugh at, laugh to scorn, scoff at, deride, mock: omnīs istos: te, H.: derisum esse credo hominem: alqd, H.: derisus semel, hooted off: derideat Aethiopem albus, In.: merito, T.: deridet, cum iubet, etc., he is mocking. —Supin. acc.: ultro derisum advenit, T.