单词 | mock word |
释义 | mock wordn. A word whose use is expressive of mockery or ridicule on the part of the user; a term of derision. In early use: a meaningless or pretentious word. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > term of derision mock word1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. sig. A4v I haue also inserted..the mocke-words which are ridiculously vsed in our language..by..many who study rather to bee heard speake, than to vnderstand themselues. 1821 Examiner 15 Apr. 234/1 May their fate be a mock-word. 1837 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 125 Prussia is no longer the mock word of the French. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. iv. 61 Religion is a mock-word on their lips. 2002 Re: Usages of Foreign Words in Linguist List (Electronic Mailing list) 5 Feb. Is the word ngawa or ungawa a proper noun or an adverb or adjective. None of the above. In English it's an exclamation... It seems to be a mock word in origin, rather than a foreign word. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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