Definitions
treat with contempt
Word origin
From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Proto-West Germanic *mokkijan, *mukkijan (“to low, bellow; mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”).
Used in a sentence
“Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup? Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up.”
“Fooles make a mocke at ſinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.”
“Thus says my king; an if your father's highness Do not, in grant of all demands at large, Sweeten the bitter mock you sent his majesty, He'll call you to so hot an answer of it”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Imitate teasingly”4 letters
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