Meaning mockery
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mockery


early 15c., from Old French moquerie "sneering, mockery, sarcasm" (13c.), from moquer (see mock (v.)).
Source: etymonline.com

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n. Ridicule.
Source: easypacelearning.com

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mockery


shpot
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com

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mockery


(n) showing your contempt by derision(n) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way(n) humorous or satirical mimicry
Source: beedictionary.com

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“It will be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.” Thomas, Lord Denman, in his judgment on the case of O’Connell v. The Queen.
Source: bartleby.com

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The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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