mockery

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Fropm Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery, and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“‘to mock’”) + -erie (“‘-ery’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɒkəɹi/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɑkəɹi/

[edit] Noun

mockery (plural mockeries)

1. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
2. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
3. (obsolete) Something 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.

[edit] Usage notes

• We often use make a mockery of someone or something, meaning to mock them. See also Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ridicule

[edit] Translations