Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mockery"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows
malicious mockery. --Shak.

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.

And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope.

2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous
merriment; derision; ridicule.

The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser.

3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.

The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
mockery. --2 Macc.
viii. 17.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mockery
n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: {jeer}, {jeering}, {scoff},
{scoffing}]
2: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon}, {spoof}, {sendup}, {takeoff},
{burlesque}, {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}, {put-on}]
3: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: {parody}, {takeoff}]

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