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| + | To '''mock''' is to [[mimic]], to [[simulate]]; to [[make fun of]] by mimicking, to [[taunt]]; to [[tantalise]], and disappoint (the hopes of). | ||
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| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Middle English ''mokken'', from Middle French ''mocquer'' (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch ''mocken'' (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German ''mucken'' (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Old Saxon ''*mokkian, *mukkian'' (“to low, mumble”), from Proto-Germanic ''*mukkijaną, *mūhaną'' (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*mūg-, *mūk-'' (“to low, mumble”). Cognate with Old High German ''firmucken'' (“to be stupid”), Modern German ''mucksen'' (“to utter a word”), Dutch dialectal ''mokkel'' (“kiss”). | ||
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| + | =='''Mock''' may refer to:== | ||
| + | * [[Fake]] | ||
| + | * [[Faux]] | ||
| + | * [[Imaginary]] | ||
| + | * [[Insult]] | ||
| + | * [[Jeer]] | ||
| + | * [[Parody]] | ||
| + | * [[Pretending]] | ||
| + | * [[Simulation]] | ||
| + | * [[Mockup]] | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Mockumentary]] | ||
| + | *[[Momus]] | ||
| + | *[[Ridicule]] | ||
| + | *[[Derision]] | ||
| + | *[[Mock-heroic]] | ||
| + | *[[Travesty]] | ||
| + | *[[Dada mock trial of Maurice Barrès]] | ||
| + | *[[Mock execution]] | ||
| + | *[[Mock funeral]] | ||
| + | *[[Make-believe]] | ||
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To mock is to mimic, to simulate; to make fun of by mimicking, to taunt; to tantalise, and disappoint (the hopes of).
Etymology
From Middle English mokken, from Middle French mocquer (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian (“to low, mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”). Cognate with Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word”), Dutch dialectal mokkel (“kiss”).
Mock may refer to:
See also
- Mockumentary
- Momus
- Ridicule
- Derision
- Mock-heroic
- Travesty
- Dada mock trial of Maurice Barrès
- Mock execution
- Mock funeral
- Make-believe
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