† hickscornern.
Obsolete.
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.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules
scorner1303
bourder1330
mower1440
mockera1460
subsannator1509
hickscorner?1515
derider1543
illuder?1550
bobber1576
flouter1581
frumper1589
deluder1592
flirt1602
fleerera1627
ridiculer1681
trotter1818
finger pointer1912
snook-cocker1965
?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. A.viv Ye but where is hyckscorner now.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Pref. ***j Zeno..vsed to call Socrates the scoffer, or the Hicke scorner of the citee of Athenes.
1554 T. Becon Humble Supplicacion sig. Bviv The papistes decke them selfes lyke hycke scorner in game players garmentes.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 12 b Here you play hick~scorner concernyng the reformation of our maners.
1623 T. Aylesbury Serm. 49 Methinkes I foresee the Hic~scorners of this age knocking at Heauengate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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