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Traditional English :: mock
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mockable.html - v., adj., & n. --v. 1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or contempt for. 2 tr. mimic contemptuously. 3 tr. jeer, defy, or delude contemptuously. --attrib.adj. sham, imitation (esp. without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock battle; mock cream). --n. 1 a thing deserving scorn. 2 (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations. make mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a literary style) burlesquing a heroic style. --n. such a style. mock moon paraselene. mock orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub, Philadelphus coronarius. mock sun parhelion. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup. mock-up an experimental model or replica of a proposed structure etc. mockable adj. mockingly adv. [ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc] |
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Traditional English :: mocker
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mockable.html - n. a person who mocks. put the mockers on sl. 1 bring bad luck to. 2 put a stop to. |
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Traditional English :: mockery
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mockable.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a derision, ridicule. b a subject or occasion of this. 2 (often foll. by of) a counterfeit or absurdly inadequate representation. 3 a ludicrously or insultingly futile action etc. [ME f. OF moquerie (as MOCK)] |
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Traditional English :: mockingbird
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mockable.html - n. a bird that mimics the notes of other birds, esp. the American songbird Mimus polyglottos. |
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Traditional English :: moccasin
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mockable.html - n. 1 a type of soft leather slipper or shoe with combined sole and heel, as orig. worn by N. American Indians. 2 (in full water moccasin) US a poisonous American snake of the genus Agkistrodon piscivorus. [Amer. Ind. mockasin, makisin] |
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Traditional English :: mocha
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mockable.html - n. 1 a coffee of fine quality. 2 a beverage or flavouring made with this, often with chocolate added. 3 a soft kind of sheepskin. [Mocha, a port on the Red Sea, from where the coffee first came] |
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