单词 | scoffing |
释义 | scoffingn.1 The action of scoff v.1; †a scoff. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] teenOE scoffing1377 jeering1561 gibing1579 scoffery1589 girding1605 scoffagea1639 jeer1660 scommatism1664 chi-hike1915 signifying1929 picongc1938 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > instance of hoker-wordOE gabc1225 scornc1275 jape1377 bourda1387 gaudc1440 knack1513 scoffing1530 gleekc1540 jest1548 to have a fling at?1550 snack?1554 boba1566 taunta1566 gird1566 flim-flam-flirt1573 gibe1573 scoff1573 flouting-stock1593 mycterism1593 flirt1613 fleera1616 scomma1620 jeer1631 snouchc1780 brocard1837 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 277 Of scornyng and of scoffyng and of vnskilful berynge. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxviiiv He layeth agaynst yt nothyng but skoffynge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/1 Scoffynges or tryfles, fredaynes. 1723 J. Swift Epit. Judge Boat 2 Pray, Gentle-folks, forbear your Scoffing. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 148 Men whose vice is to start at vice's scoffing. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano iv. xv. 188 He bitter jests and filthy scoffing made. Compounds scoffing-stock n. [compare laughing stock n.] an object of scoffing. 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 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxix. 13) Hee was a scoffing-stock to ye very princes. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. lv. 96 The other Cardinals do but make him their scoffing-stock to laugh at. 1870 F. Jacox Recreations of Recluse I. iv. 86 This same scoffing-stock of the school..displayed the energetic originality of genius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scoffingn.2 U.S. Tramps' slang. Usually plural. Food, something to eat. ΚΠ 1907 J. London in Cosmopolitan May 17/1 A hard town for ‘scoffings’, was what the hoboes called it [sc. Reno] at that time. 1914 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 11/3 Got to throw your feet if yuh want scoffin's. 1914 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 4 Apr. 11/3 You'll have to batter for handouts this mornin'. I'll get my own scoffin's. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2019). scoffingadj. That scoffs; contemptuous, derisive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [adjective] > jeering, taunting, or scoffing scoffing1538 jesting1551 gibing1574 jeering1581 scommatizing1613 girdinga1617 flirting1651 signifying1947 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Scurriliter, in raylynge or scoffyng facion. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Hijv Dysours or skoffyng fellowes. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xviii. sig. Aa8v And so in this iollie scoffing brauerie he went ouer vs all, saying [etc.]. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B3 Questioning with one that I met why these women were so cholericke, he like a skoffing fellow pointed to a bush of nettles. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 534 Niele, a scoffing Poet in those daies,..wrot thus of them. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 274 in Wks. (1640) III Indeed, nothing is of more credit, or request now, then a petulant paper, or scoffing verses. 1683 W. Soames tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Art of Poetry iii. 48 A Socrates himself, in that loose Age, Was made the Pastime of a Scoffing Stage. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 70 The people of the capital had been annoyed by the scoffing way in which foreigners spoke of the principal residence of our sovereigns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11377n.21907adj.1538 |
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