Scoffery

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of scoffing; mockery. uncountable, usually

    "King Henrie the fift in his beginning thought it a meere scofferie to pursue anie fallow deere with hounds or greihounds"

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"King Henrie the fift in his beginning thought it a meere scofferie to pursue anie fallow deere with hounds or greihounds"

Etymology

From scoff + -ery.

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