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railler.

to mock, taunt, jeer at

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʁa.je//ʁɑ.je/
  1. to mock, taunt, jeer at

    transitive
  2. to jest

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French railler, from Vulgar Latin *raglāre < *ragulāre, from Late Latin ragō (“to bray”) (whence Old French raire (“to shout, said of deer”), réer (“to shout, said of deer”), Romanian rage (“to scream, said of people or especially animals”); attested once directly in a 10th-century Hermeneumata manuscript, original perhaps c. 4th century). Compare Occitan ralhar, Catalan rallar, Italian ragliare.

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