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scoffery

scoffery noun: the act of scoffing; mockery.

Noun

scoffery (usually uncountable, plural scofferies)

  1. (usually) The act of scoffing; mockery.
    • King Henrie the fift in his beginning thought it a meere scofferie to pursue anie fallow deere with hounds or greihounds1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Forms of scoffery

pluralscofferies

Origin of scoffery

From scoff + -ery.

Questions about scoffery

What does scoffery mean?
Scoffery means the act of scoffing; mockery.
What part of speech is scoffery?
Scoffery is a noun.
What is the plural of scoffery?
The plural of scoffery is scofferies.

Words near scoffery in the dictionary

  1. scoffer
  2. scofferies
  3. Scoffern
  4. Scofferns
  5. scoffers
  6. scoffery
  7. scoffeth
  8. scoffing
  9. scoffing down
  10. scoffing up
  11. scoffing-stock

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