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Webster 1913 Edition

Scoff

Scoff

(?; 115)
,
Noun.
[OE.
scof
; akin to OFries.
schof
, OHG.
scoph
, Icel.
skaup
, and perh. to E.
shove
.]
1.
Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
With
scoffs
, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
Shakespeare
2.
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
The
scoff
of withered age and beardless youth.
Cowper.

Scoff

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scoffed
(?; 115)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scoffing
.]
[Cf. Dan.
skuffe
to deceive, delude, Icel.
skopa
to scoff, OD.
schoppen
. See
Scoff
,
Noun.
]
To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; – often with at.
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools who came to
scoff
, remained to pray.
Goldsmith.
God’s better gift they
scoff
at and refuse.
Cowper.
Syn. – To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See
Sneer
.

Scoff

,
Verb.
T.
To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
To
scoff
religion is ridiculously proud and immodest.
Glanvill.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scoff

SCOFF

,
Verb.
I.
[Gr. The primary sense is probably to throw. But I do not find the word in the English and Greek sense, in any modern language except the English.]
To treat with insolent ridicule, mockery or contumelious language; to manifest contempt by derision; with at. To scoff at religion and sacred things is evidence of extreme weakness and folly, as well as of wickedness.
They shall scoff at the kings. Hab. 1.

SCOFF

,
Verb.
T.
To treat with derision or scorn.

SCOFF

,
Noun.
Derision, ridicule, mockery or reproach, expressed in language of contempt; expression of scorn or contempt.
With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts.

Definition 2024

scoff

scoff

English

Noun

scoff ‎(plural scoffs)

  1. Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
    • Shakespeare
      With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
    • 1852, The Dublin University Magazine (page 66)
      There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways […]
  2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
    • Cowper
      The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.
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Verb

scoff ‎(third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)

  1. To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision.
    • Goldsmith
      Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
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Etymology 2

From Afrikaans.

Noun

scoff ‎(plural scoffs)

  1. (South Africa) Food.
  2. (British Army) Food.
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Verb

scoff ‎(third-person singular simple present scoffs, present participle scoffing, simple past and past participle scoffed)

  1. (Britain) To eat food quickly.
  2. (South Africa) To eat.
  3. (British Army) To eat.
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Etymology

From Middle English scof/skof, of Scandinavian origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Danish skuffelse(noun)/skuffe(verb) and Old High German scoph.

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