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ˈscoptic, a. and n. rare.
[ad. Gr. σκωπτικός, f. σκώπτειν to mock, jeer.]
A. adj. Mocking, satirical.
1670S. Ward Serm. agst. Anti-Script. 57 Julian and Lucian and other Scoptick wits. 1972P. M. Fraser Ptolemaic Alexandria I. x. 571 The last of the trio, Hedylus, seems to have specialized particularly in scoptic epigrams on gluttons.
†B. n. pl. Mocking or satirical writings. Obs.
a1644Quarles Sheph. Orac. i. (1646) 9, I fear'd thy game⁓some wit began to paint, In shadow'd Scopticks some that beare the Crook In our blest Island. 1656Blount Glossogr., Scopticks, Jests, Jeers, Flouts, Cavils. |