mockery

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun showing your contempt by derision
  2. noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  3. noun humorous or satirical mimicry

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

jeer, jeering, scoff, scoffing

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