scoff´er

scoff´er
scoff1 «skf, skof», verb, noun.
–v.i.
to make fun to show one does not believe something; mock: »

We scoffed at the idea of drowning in three inches of water. Fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray(Oliver Goldsmith).

–v.t.
to jeer at; deride: »

He…scoff'd their easy fears (Robert Southey).

╂[< noun]
–n.
1. mocking words or acts: »

With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts (Shakespeare).

2. something ridiculed or mocked: »

The principles of liberty were the scoff of every grinning courtier (Macaulay).

╂[< Scandinavian (compare Danish skuffe to deceive, earlier, to mock, ridicule, fool < Middle Low German schoven deceive)]
–scoff´er, noun.
–scoff´ing|ly, adverb.
Synonym Study intransitive verb. Scoff, jeer, sneer mean to show scorn or contempt for someone or something. Scoff implies scornful irreverence or cynicism: »

He scoffs at religion.

Jeer implies mocking laughter: »

The mob jeered when the speaker got up to talk.

Sneer means to express ill-natured contempt or disparagement by look, tone, or manner of speech: »

He sneers at everything sentimental.

scoff2 «skf, skof», noun, verb. Slang.
–n.
food; a meal.
–v.t., v.i.
to eat heavily.
╂[< Afrikaans scoff < Dutch schoft a meal]

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