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mockery

noun
/ˈmɒkəɹi/UK/ˈmɑkəɹi/US

Etymology

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.

  1. derived from μωκός — “mocker”
  2. derived from mocquerie
  3. derived from mokerie
  4. inherited from mokkery

Definitions

  1. The action of mocking

    The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

  2. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule

    Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

  3. Something insultingly imitative

    Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense

      Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

      • The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mockery. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA