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mockful

mockful adjective: mocking.

Adjective

mockful (comparative more mockful, superlative most mockful)

  1. (obsolete) mocking
    • Why dost thou phrase it thus / With that meek air of mockful ceremony? / Dost thou mistrust my love?a 1868, Robert Buchanan, Edburga, in Tragic Dramas from Scottish History, volume 2, 1868
    • For these are but mockful and treacherous things — / The thorns that "crackle" to sharpen their stings.1847, William Thom, Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-loom Weaver, page 76

Forms of mockful

comparativemore mockful
superlativemost mockful

Origin of mockful

From mock + -ful.

Words formed from mockful

Questions about mockful

What does mockful mean?
Mockful means mocking.
What part of speech is mockful?
Mockful is an adjective.

Words near mockful in the dictionary

  1. mockernuts
  2. mockers
  3. mockery
  4. mockest
  5. mocketh
  6. mockful
  7. mockfully
  8. mockgov
  9. mockgovernment
  10. mockgovernments
  11. mockgovs

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