escarnir

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”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kərˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kaɾˈniɾ]

escarnir (first-person singular present escarneixo, first-person singular preterite escarní, past participle escarnit)

1. to mock, to ridicule

   Synonyms: burlar-se, mofar-se

2. (colloquial) to mimic, to parody, to ape

• escarn
• escarnidor

• “escarnir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Attested since the 13th century as Old Galician-Portuguese escarnir. Either from Gothic (an Italian origin seems unlikely given the early presence and productivity of this family of words in Iberian Romance languages)^[1] or from Old French or Occitan; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skirnijan, which could be from *skeran (“to shear”), or possibly related to *skarn (“dung, filth”).

• IPA^(key): [es.kaɾ.ˈniɾ]

escarnir (first-person singular present escarno, first-person singular preterite escarnín, past participle escarnido)
escarnir (first-person singular present escarno, first-person singular preterite escarnim or escarni, past participle escarnido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (now literary) to make fun of, to mock

   Synonym: escarnecer

2. (now literary) to scorn

   Synonym: escarnecer

• escarmentar
• escarmento
• escarnecer
• escarnio

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escarnir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escarn”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escarnir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escarnir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• escharnir (Limousin)

Inherited from Old Occitan escarnir, from Late Latin *scarnīre, *scernīre.

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escarnir

1. to mock; to make fun of

• escarni, escarniment
• escarniós

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN,page 63.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 237.

escarnir

1. (Old Northern French) alternative form of escharnir

• esquernir

Inherited from Late Latin *scarnīre, *scernīre.

escarnir

1. to mock or insult; to show contempt or derision for
2. to deceive or trick

• Occitan: escarnir, escharnir (Limousin)
• →? Old Galician-Portuguese: escarnir (possibly from Old French or inherited)
  • Galician: escarnir
  • Portuguese: escarnir
• →? Old Spanish: escarnir (possibly from Old French or inherited)
  • ⇒ Spanish: escarnecer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escarnir, from Late Latin *scarnīre, *scernīre, possibly through a Old French or Old Occitan intermediary.

escarnir (first-person singular present escarno, first-person singular preterite escarni, past participle escarnido)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to mock; to make fun of [transitive or with de ‘someone’]

   Synonyms: escarnecer, tirar sarro, rir, zoar

• escárnio