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Webster 1913 Edition


Scomm

Scomm

(skŏm)
,
Noun.
[L.
scomma
a taunt, jeer, scoff, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to mock, scoff at.]
1.
A buffoon.
[Obs.]
L’Estrange.
2.
A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
[Obs.]
Fotherby.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scomm

SCOMM

,
Noun.
[L. scomma; Gr. See Scoff.]
1.
A buffoon. [Not in use.]
2.
A flout; a jeer. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


scomm

scomm

English

Noun

scomm (plural scomms)

  1. (obsolete) A buffoon.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of L'Estrange to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
    • Fotherby
      His vain ostentation is worthily scoffed with [the] scomme of the orator.