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† hickˈscorner Obs.
[See hick n.1]
The name of a character in an allegorical interlude of the same title printed by Wynkyn de Worde, represented as a travelled libertine who scoffs at religion; hence, a scoffer in general.
c1530Hickscorner in Hazl. Dodsley I. 160 Freewill. Yea, but where is Hickscorner now? 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. Pref. ***j, Zeno..vsed to call Socrates the scoffer, or the Hicke scorner of the citee of Athenes. 1560–4Becon Supplic. Prayers, etc. (Parker Soc.) 232 The papists deck themselves like hickscorner in game-players' garments. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 12 b, Here you play hick⁓scorner concernyng the reformation of our maners. 1622T. Ailesbury Serm. (1623) 49 Methinkes I foresee the Hic⁓scorners of this age knocking at Heauengate. |