Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. Mockeries. [F. moquerie.]
   1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by
      mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of
      earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.
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            It is, as the air, invulnerable,
            And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak.
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            Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to
            look more like a mockery upon devotion than any
            solemn application of the mind to God. --Law.
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            And bear about the mockery of woe.    --Pope.
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   2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous
      merriment; derision; ridicule.
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            The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser.
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   3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.
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            The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
            mockery.                              --2 Macc.
                                                  viii. 17.
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