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escarnir.

to mock, to ridicule

8 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[əs.kərˈni]Balearic, Central, Northern[es.kaɾˈniɾ]Valencia[es.karˈni]Northwestern
  1. to mock, to ridicule

  2. to mimic, to parody, to ape

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan escarnir, from Late Latin *scarnīre, from Proto-West Germanic *skirnijan, which could be from *skeran (“to shear”), or possibly related to *skarn (“dung, filth”).

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