laughing stockn.

Brit.

/ˈlɑːfɪŋ ˌstɒk/,

/ˈlafɪŋ ˌstɒk/, U.S.

/ˈlæfɪŋ ˌstɑk/

Forms: see laughing n. and stock n.¹ and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: laughing n., stock n.¹

Etymology: < laughing n. + stock n.¹ (compare stock n.¹ 6). Compare laughing stake n., laughing post n. at laughing n. Compounds 2.

An object of derisive laughter or general ridicule.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule

hethinga1340

japing-stickc1380

laughing stock?1518

mocking-stock1526

laughing game1530

jesting-stock1535

mockage1535

derision1539

sporting stocka1556

game1562

May game1569

scoffing-stock1571

playing stock1579

make-play1592

flouting-stock1593

sport1598

bauchle1600

jest1606

butt1607

make-sport1611

mocking1611

mirtha1616

laughing stakea1630

scoff1640

gaud1650

blota1657

make-mirth1656

ridicule1678

flout1708

sturgeon1708

laugh1710

ludibry1722

jestee1760

make-game1762

joke1791

laughee1808

laughing post1810

target1842

jest-word1843

Aunt Sally1859

monument1866

punchline1978

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Aiv Thynge nat lesse vyler, is to be ignorant Of maners vncomly: ageynst all honeste As fable or laughyng stocke, of lewdest commonte.

a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Bi^v Albeit..I be reputed a laughing-stoke in this worlde.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B2 Poetry..is fallen to be the laughing stocke of children.

1624 F. Quarles Job Militant in Wks. (1880) II. 91/1 I'm turn'd a laughing-stock To boyes, and those that su'd to tend my Flock.

1668 S. Pepys Diary 4 Jan. (1976) IX. 9 I perceive my Lord Anglesy doth make a mere laughing-stock of this act.

1708 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. iv. xlvi. 130 The poor Devil..was made a common laughing-stock by the gaping Hoydons.

1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day ii. iv You'll be a laughing stock to the whole bench, and a byword with all the pig-tailed lawyers.

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 213 He could not see any fun in being made a laughing-stock of.

1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 423 A numerous party to whom the old superstition was a laughing stock.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 118 No wonder that the parish priest becomes the laughingstock of the nobles.

1932 D. MacCarthy Criticism 128 Martin Tupper awoke one morning to find himself a laughing-stock.

1978 A. Waugh in Spectator 18 Nov. 6/2 England's press laws have become the laughing stock of the world.

2004 P. Southern Craze xii. 91 Shazia needed a husband. And fast. He was being made a laughing stock.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	laughing stock
释义	laughing stockn. Brit. /ˈlɑːfɪŋ ˌstɒk/, /ˈlafɪŋ ˌstɒk/, U.S. /ˈlæfɪŋ ˌstɑk/ Forms: see laughing n. and stock n.¹ and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: laughing n., stock n.¹ Etymology: < laughing n. + stock n.¹ (compare stock n.¹ 6). Compare laughing stake n., laughing post n. at laughing n. Compounds 2. An object of derisive laughter or general ridicule. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule hethinga1340 japing-stickc1380 laughing stock?1518 mocking-stock1526 laughing game1530 jesting-stock1535 mockage1535 derision1539 sporting stocka1556 game1562 May game1569 scoffing-stock1571 playing stock1579 make-play1592 flouting-stock1593 sport1598 bauchle1600 jest1606 butt1607 make-sport1611 mocking1611 mirtha1616 laughing stakea1630 scoff1640 gaud1650 blota1657 make-mirth1656 ridicule1678 flout1708 sturgeon1708 laugh1710 ludibry1722 jestee1760 make-game1762 joke1791 laughee1808 laughing post1810 target1842 jest-word1843 Aunt Sally1859 monument1866 punchline1978 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Aiv Thynge nat lesse vyler, is to be ignorant Of maners vncomly: ageynst all honeste As fable or laughyng stocke, of lewdest commonte. a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Bi^v Albeit..I be reputed a laughing-stoke in this worlde. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B2 Poetry..is fallen to be the laughing stocke of children. 1624 F. Quarles Job Militant in Wks. (1880) II. 91/1 I'm turn'd a laughing-stock To boyes, and those that su'd to tend my Flock. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 4 Jan. (1976) IX. 9 I perceive my Lord Anglesy doth make a mere laughing-stock of this act. 1708 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. iv. xlvi. 130 The poor Devil..was made a common laughing-stock by the gaping Hoydons. 1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day ii. iv You'll be a laughing stock to the whole bench, and a byword with all the pig-tailed lawyers. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 213 He could not see any fun in being made a laughing-stock of. 1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 423 A numerous party to whom the old superstition was a laughing stock. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 118 No wonder that the parish priest becomes the laughingstock of the nobles. 1932 D. MacCarthy Criticism 128 Martin Tupper awoke one morning to find himself a laughing-stock. 1978 A. Waugh in Spectator 18 Nov. 6/2 England's press laws have become the laughing stock of the world. 2004 P. Southern Craze xii. 91 Shazia needed a husband. And fast. He was being made a laughing stock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1518
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