scoffern.¹

Brit.

/ˈskɒfə/,

/ˈskɔːfə/, U.S.

/ˈskɔfər/,

/ˈskɑfər/

Forms: Also 1500s scoffar.

Etymology: < scoff v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. One who scoffs. Const. at; also (now rarely) of. Often spec., one who scoffs at religion or morality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > one who

scoffer1470

taunter1552

jeerer1553

giber1563

girder1584

fleerera1627

barracker1889

signifier1956

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > one who derides morality or religion

scorner1651

scoffer1691

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > person

wanbelieverc1440

unbeliever1526

infidela1530

nullifidian1564

atheist1571

sceptic1638

disbeliever1648

non-believer1649

scorner1651

scoffer1691

sceptic-Christian1711

nothingarian1776

nothingist1797

no-religionist1827

nihilist1854

netheist1855

non-theist1857

agnostic1869

nescient1872

post-Christian1886

bush baptist1902

no-Goddite1952

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. xlvii. 488 He was a good knyȝt but he was a scoffer and a Iaper.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. ii. sig. Sij The order or felowshyp of scoffers, or common gesters.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 5 In yougthe also they be, readie scoffers.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋16 We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some vnequall dealing towards a great number of good English wordes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 63 Cry the man mercy, loue him, take his offer, Foule is most foule, being foule to be a scoffer .

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 190 It is also naturall to the French, to be a great scoffer; for men of light and unsteady braines, have commonly sudden and sharpe conceits.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 195 He closed with the Presbyterians, notwithstanding he had before..been a scoffer of them.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) I. 209 They have..become Railers and Scoffers at it [Christianity].

1790 G. Walker Serm. Var. Subj. II. xxx. 327 The impious scoffer of his Maker, of providence, of religion and of a future world.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 74 This dull product of a Scoffer's pen.

1852 T. Parker Ten Serm. Relig. (1863) iv. 76 The long line of scoffers from Lucian..down to Voltaire.

1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) ii. §5. 52 What would Anaximander or the scoffer of Anaxagoras have said, could he have known what we now know.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 445 To put any other interpretation on his words would be..to give an occasion of triumph to scoffers.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 80 The subject of foolish and brutal jests among the profligate scoffers of his Court.

†2. A jester, buffoon. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian

jugglerc1175

foolc1300

jangler1303

fool sagec1330

ribald1340

ape-ward1362

japer1377

sage fool1377

harlotc1390

disporter?a1475

jocular?a1475

joculatora1500

jester?1518

idiot1526

scoffer1530

sporter1531

dizzardc1540

vice1552

antic1564

bauble-bearer1568

scoggin1579

buffoon1584

pleasant1595

zany1596

baladine1599

clown1600

fiddle1600

mimic1601

ape-carrier1615

mime1616

mime-man1631

merry man1648

tomfool1650

pickle-herring1656

badine1670

puddingc1675

merry-andrew1677

mimical1688

Tom Tram1688

Monaghan1689

pickled herring1711

ethologist1727

court-foola1797

Tom1817

mimer1819

fun-maker1835

funny man1839

mimester1846

comic1857

comedian1860

jokesman1882

comique1886

Joey1896

tummler1938

alternative comedian1981

Andrew-

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/1 Scoffer or jestar, gaudissevr.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Hiij^v Take me hardely in all the hast to be bounde prentyse to thy felowshyp or craftes men of scoffars.

1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 69/1 A scoffer, histrio.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. at Mimicke A scoffer, a iester.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scoffern.²

Brit.

/ˈskɒfə/,

/ˈskɔːfə/, U.S.

/ˈskɔfər/,

/ˈskɑfər/

Etymology: < scoff v.² + -er suffix¹.

colloquial.

One who eats greedily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater

swallowera1000

devourerc1384

vourera1425

francher1519

gulper1648

twister1694

bolter1826

wolfer1897

scoffer1935

1935 Amer. Speech 10 20/1 Scoffer, a glutton; one who has no control over his appetite. (Obs.)

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 154 A pair of Hertfordshire 14-year-olds,..when asked about their classmates and invited to set down their epithets for them, promptly came to life and wrote: ‘Phumph, lumber bontts [bonce],..hog, scoffer, flippin kid [etc.]’.

1976 Times 21 Aug. 12/6 The scoffers of doughnuts, bananas and raw eggs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scoffer
释义	scoffern.¹ Brit. /ˈskɒfə/, /ˈskɔːfə/, U.S. /ˈskɔfər/, /ˈskɑfər/ Forms: Also 1500s scoffar. Etymology: < scoff v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. One who scoffs. Const. at; also (now rarely) of. Often spec., one who scoffs at religion or morality. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > one who scoffer1470 taunter1552 jeerer1553 giber1563 girder1584 fleerera1627 barracker1889 signifier1956 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > one who derides morality or religion scorner1651 scoffer1691 society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > person wanbelieverc1440 unbeliever1526 infidela1530 nullifidian1564 atheist1571 sceptic1638 disbeliever1648 non-believer1649 scorner1651 scoffer1691 sceptic-Christian1711 nothingarian1776 nothingist1797 no-religionist1827 nihilist1854 netheist1855 non-theist1857 agnostic1869 nescient1872 post-Christian1886 bush baptist1902 no-Goddite1952 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. xlvii. 488 He was a good knyȝt but he was a scoffer and a Iaper. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. ii. sig. Sij The order or felowshyp of scoffers, or common gesters. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 5 In yougthe also they be, readie scoffers. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋16 We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some vnequall dealing towards a great number of good English wordes. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 63 Cry the man mercy, loue him, take his offer, Foule is most foule, being foule to be a scoffer . View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 190 It is also naturall to the French, to be a great scoffer; for men of light and unsteady braines, have commonly sudden and sharpe conceits. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 195 He closed with the Presbyterians, notwithstanding he had before..been a scoffer of them. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) I. 209 They have..become Railers and Scoffers at it [Christianity]. 1790 G. Walker Serm. Var. Subj. II. xxx. 327 The impious scoffer of his Maker, of providence, of religion and of a future world. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 74 This dull product of a Scoffer's pen. View more context for this quotation 1852 T. Parker Ten Serm. Relig. (1863) iv. 76 The long line of scoffers from Lucian..down to Voltaire. 1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) ii. §5. 52 What would Anaximander or the scoffer of Anaxagoras have said, could he have known what we now know. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 445 To put any other interpretation on his words would be..to give an occasion of triumph to scoffers. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 80 The subject of foolish and brutal jests among the profligate scoffers of his Court. †2. A jester, buffoon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian jugglerc1175 foolc1300 jangler1303 fool sagec1330 ribald1340 ape-ward1362 japer1377 sage fool1377 harlotc1390 disporter?a1475 jocular?a1475 joculatora1500 jester?1518 idiot1526 scoffer1530 sporter1531 dizzardc1540 vice1552 antic1564 bauble-bearer1568 scoggin1579 buffoon1584 pleasant1595 zany1596 baladine1599 clown1600 fiddle1600 mimic1601 ape-carrier1615 mime1616 mime-man1631 merry man1648 tomfool1650 pickle-herring1656 badine1670 puddingc1675 merry-andrew1677 mimical1688 Tom Tram1688 Monaghan1689 pickled herring1711 ethologist1727 court-foola1797 Tom1817 mimer1819 fun-maker1835 funny man1839 mimester1846 comic1857 comedian1860 jokesman1882 comique1886 Joey1896 tummler1938 alternative comedian1981 Andrew- 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/1 Scoffer or jestar, gaudissevr. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Hiij^v Take me hardely in all the hast to be bounde prentyse to thy felowshyp or craftes men of scoffars. 1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 69/1 A scoffer, histrio. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. at Mimicke A scoffer, a iester. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scoffern.² Brit. /ˈskɒfə/, /ˈskɔːfə/, U.S. /ˈskɔfər/, /ˈskɑfər/ Etymology: < scoff v.² + -er suffix¹. colloquial. One who eats greedily. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater swallowera1000 devourerc1384 vourera1425 francher1519 gulper1648 twister1694 bolter1826 wolfer1897 scoffer1935 1935 Amer. Speech 10 20/1 Scoffer, a glutton; one who has no control over his appetite. (Obs.) 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 154 A pair of Hertfordshire 14-year-olds,..when asked about their classmates and invited to set down their epithets for them, promptly came to life and wrote: ‘Phumph, lumber bontts [bonce],..hog, scoffer, flippin kid [etc.]’. 1976 Times 21 Aug. 12/6 The scoffers of doughnuts, bananas and raw eggs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1470n.²1935
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