mockful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mock +‎ -ful

Adjective[edit]

mockful (comparative more mockful, superlative most mockful)

  1. (obsolete) mocking
    • a 1868, Robert Buchanan, Edburga, in Tragic Dramas from Scottish History, volume 2, 1868
      Why dost thou phrase it thus / With that meek air of mockful ceremony? / Dost thou mistrust my love?
    • 1847, William Thom, Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-loom Weaver, page 76:
      For these are but mockful and treacherous things — / The thorns that "crackle" to sharpen their stings.
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