railleur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French railleur.

Noun

railleur (plural railleurs)

1. A jiber; a joker; a mocker.
   • 1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 14:

     Sir, Maſter Sparkiſh has often told me, that his Acquaintance were all Wits and Railleurs, and now I find it.

References

• “railleur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.jœʁ/

Adjective

railleur (feminine railleuse, masculine plural railleurs, feminine plural railleuses)

1. mocking, scoffing

Noun

railleur m (plural railleurs, feminine railleuse)

1. mocker, scoffer

Further reading

• “railleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.