单词 | much-mocked |
释义 | > as lemmasmuch-mocked That is mocked; derided, ridiculed; imitated, mimicked. Also with modifying adverb, as much-mocked, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > apish, mocking, or mimicking > aped or caricatured mocked1620 apeda1711 burlesqued1766 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. vii. ix. f. 51 Thus the mocked and derided Nicostratus, returned in againe with his Lady and Pyrrhus. 1863 C. Darwin in Nat. Hist. Rev. 3 221 The mocked and common forms must habitually escape. 1968 Listener 27 June 827/3 Pack one of those old-fashioned and much-mocked phrase books. 1989 B. Vickers Returning to Shakespeare 25 Cloten, one of the most ruthlessly mocked prose-characters in the late plays. 1995 Vogue Dec. 61/1 In the greying landscape of TV executives she is a beacon of fun, a much mocked ensemble of coloured hair, bright specs, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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