MOCKERY

mockery. Mockery, n. derision, ridicule, sport, vain show

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Mock″er‐y (?), n.; pl. Mockeries (#). [[F. moquerie.]] 1. 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. 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. Spenser. 3. 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.
The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. 2 Macc. viii. 17.