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mockery
English
Etymology
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 ????? (m?kós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic ?????????? (al-makru, “guile, cunning”). Equivalent to mock +? -ery.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?k??i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?k??i/
Noun
mockery (countable and uncountable, plural mockeries)
- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- 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.
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
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ridicule
Translations
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absurdity
English
Etymology
First attested around 1472. From Middle English absurdite, then from either Middle French absurdité, or from Late Latin absurditas (“dissonance, incongruity”), from Latin absurdus +? -itas (“quality, state, degree”). Equivalent to absurd +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?s??d.?.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?s?d.?.ti/, /æb?z?d.?.ti/, /?b?s?d.?.ti/, /?b?z?d.?.ti/
Noun
absurdity (countable and uncountable, plural absurdities)
- (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
- (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
- (obsolete, rare) Dissonance. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17th century.]
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