Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Deriding
deriding, verbal adv. [L. dērīdē-re, laugh to scorn, scoff at; see deriding, verbal adj.] (webplay: turn).
Mocking; ridiculing; laughing; [word play on “riding”] swooping; gliding; soaring; rollicking; [fig.] calling; chirping.
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