SCOFF

scoff. Scoff, v.t. to laugh with scorn, ridicule, deride

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