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Definition of Mockage
1. n. Mockery.
Definition of Mockage
1. Noun. (obsolete) mockery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mockage
1. derision [n -S] - See also: derision
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mockage
Literary usage of Mockage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boke Named The Gouernour by Thomas Elyot (1883)
"... is used in mockage,d or in suche thinges as men forse nat, though they be ...
a meere mockage, a counterfeit charme, to no purpose.'—P. 556, ed. 1624. ..."
2. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1903)
"But well might ye judge I. spake it all in mockage ?G For why ? ... 10 and 11
are by mistake in inverse order in E. 6 * mockage ' is neither English nor ..."
3. La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the by Thomas Malory (1858)
"... but in mockage,1 yee shall be called La-cote-male-taile, that is as much to say,
... it were well done to make him knight, for 1 mockage.—Mockery. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"I wonder at the young men of our days, That they can doat on pleasure, or what 'tis
They give that title to, unless In mockage. ..."
5. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"—And they scornfully put upon him all the robes and ornaments of royalty, in
mockage and derision; as first, they clad him with a scarlet robe. 29. ..."
6. Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings by Joseph Hall (1837)
"28. And they stripped him, and put an him a scarlet robe. And they scornfully
put upon him all the robes and ornaments of royalty, in mockage and derision: ..."
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