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| - | [[Image:Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe]]'' (1883) by [[Eugène Bataille]]]] | + | [[Image:Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Mona Lisa Smoking a Pipe]]'' by [[Eugène Bataille]]]] |
| - | [[Image:Toulouse Lautrec in drag.jpg |thumb|right|200px|"[[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]]" in the clothes of [[Moulin Rouge]] showgirl [[Jane Avril]], photo by [[Nadar]], [[1894]].]] | + | [[Image:Toulouse Lautrec in drag.jpg |thumb|left|200px|This page '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is part of the [[queer]] series.<br><small>Illustration: ''[[Toulouse-Lautrec wearing Jane Avril's Feathered Hat and Boa]]'' (ca. 1892), photo Maurice Guibert</small>.]] |
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| - | #the action of [[mock]]ing; [[ridicule]] | + | To '''mock''' is to [[mimic]], to [[simulate]]; to [[make fun of]] by mimicking, to [[taunt]]; to [[tantalise]], and disappoint (the hopes of). |
| - | #something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire [[ridicule]]; a [[travesty]] | + | |
| - | #:''The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a '''mockery''' of justice.'' | + | ==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]] | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Mockumentary]] | *[[Mockumentary]] | ||
| *[[Momus]] | *[[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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