Mockery
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
- 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”).
See also
Mock may refer to:
- Fake (disambiguation)
- Faux
- Imaginary
- Insult
- Jeer
- Parody
- Pretending (disambiguation)
- Simulation
- Mockup
See also
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