ridicule
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ridicule/ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/
▶noun mockery or derision. ▶verb subject to ridicule.
– origin C17: from Fr., or from L. ridiculum, neut. (used as n.) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.
'ridicule' also found in these Oxford entries:
baffle
- butt
- cucking-stool
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- lampoon
- laugh
- laughing stock
- mickey
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mullock
- pillory
- ridiculous
- satire
- scoff
- send
- skimmington
- standing joke
- stock
- traduce
