scoffer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who eats food rapidly and greedily
noun someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision

Etymology

From scoff + -er.

In classic literature

But the scoffer held his ground. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
He lived a scoffer, and died a Catholic. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John
However, of course the scoffer didn't laugh--I mean the boy. — A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain

Synonyms

gorger

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