† scofficadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Resembling, or of the nature of, a scoff.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [adjective]
scommatical1601
jeery1606
scommatic1650
scoffic1654
scoffical1655
1654 H. Hammond Answer Animadversions on Diss. touching Ignatius's Epist. v. §1. 118 I must in the same Scophick [sic; but in Wks. 1684 Scoptick] humour, be styled a learned man.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [adjective]
scommatical1601
jeery1606
scommatic1650
scoffic1654
scoffical1655
1655 R. Baillie Disswasive Vindic. 86 You must make me a forger of meer reproachful, and scoffical calumnies.
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