scoptical

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκωπτικός (skōptikós, “given to mockery, jesting”) +‎ -al.

Adjective

scoptical (comparative more scoptical, superlative most scoptical)

1. (obsolete) Jeering; jesting; scoffing.

   Synonym: scoptic

   • a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “Sermon VII. Part I. On the Manner of Administering Reproof.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], new edition, volume III, London: […] Thomas Tegg, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 242:

     And therefore the Roman orator, discoursing of scoptical urbanity, or jesting, how far it was allowable in speeches and pleadings, lays down an excellent rule, fit to be owned by the most Christian charity, that two things were by no means to be made the subject of jest; namely, great crimes, and great miseries; […]

     The spelling has been modernized.

Derived terms

• scoptically

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scoptical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)