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mock 2, adjective(dictionary)

span-new (iou) and mock(2) (iou)


span-new (iou)



span-new adjective. ['spannju:] Now Scot. & dial. ME.
[Old Norse span-nyr, from spann chip + nr new. Cf. SPANDER-NEW, SPANG adverb, SPICK AND SPAN.]
Completely new.

mock(2) (iou)



mock noun. LME.
[from the verb or (sense 4) the adjective.]
a. A derisive action or speech. Now rare. LME.
b. Derision, mockery. rare. M16.
A thing to be derided; something deserving scorn. L15.
G. Greene He has become the mock of all his contemporaries.
The action of mocking or imitating someone or something; an imitation, a sham. Now rare. M17.
In pl. Mock examinations. M20.
F. Mount Emma's done brilliantly in her mocks.
Phrases: make a mock of, make mock of ridicule. put a mock on, put the mock on Austral. slang put a stop to.
Comb.: mock-bird US a mockingbird.
mockage noun (now rare) mockery, ridicule, derision; the fact or condition of being mocked; an object of mockery: L15.