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一笑に付す (いっしょうにふす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ笑しょうに付ふす

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-su)

laugh off; dismiss with a laugh; pooh-pooh

Used when someone treats a remark, criticism, or problem as not worth serious consideration and dismisses it with laughter or a light attitude.

彼かれは私わたしの忠ちゅう告こくを一いっ笑しょうに付ふした。
He laughed off my advice.
その噂うわさは一

いっ

笑しょう

に

付ふ

す

べき

だ

。

You should dismiss that rumor with a laugh.

Written forms

一いっ笑しょうに付ふす
Standard kanji spelling for this set phrase.
一いっ笑しょうにふす
Kana-mixed spelling; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
笑laugh
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

笑わらい飛とばす
笑い飛ばす is a more casual, everyday verb meaning to laugh something off, while 一笑に付す is a formal, literary set phrase.
取とり合あわない
取り合わない means to ignore or not engage with something, but without the nuance of laughter or open dismissal.

Etymology

A set phrase composed of 一笑 (a laugh, a smile of derision) + に + 付す (to attach, to consign). The literal sense is 'to consign something to a laugh,' i.e., to dismiss it as laughable.