mockery
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈmɒkəɹi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈmɑkəɹi//
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
Substantiv
- 1
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- 2
Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- 3
veraltetSomething insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- 4
Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.
The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.
Herkunft
From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.
Formen
- Plural
- mockeries