† ludibryn.
Obsolete.
Derision, contempt; concrete an object of derision.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun]
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule
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1637 J. Bastwick Answer to Exceptions against Letany ii. 5/2 Brought vpon euery stage, and into the pulpit, as fittest for ludibry by the Players Preists, and Prelats.
a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 346 By Popish Artifice,..the most renowned Court in the World is made the Ludibrie and Laughing-stock of the Earth.
1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1833) III. 225 This step of Mr. Cargill's hath been matter of much reproach and ludibry to the enemies of the Church of Scotland.
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