† a-scoffadv.
Obsolete.
In scorn, mockingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adverb]
hethelyc1175
hokerlyc1275
a-scoffc1300
scornfullyc1380
bourdfullya1400
japinglya1420
a-scornc1485
bourdly1500
mockishlya1529
mockingly1542
bourdingly1552
deridingly1570
frumpingly1576
floutingly1580
fleeringly?1620
derisively1665
mockfully1834
snook-cockingly1962
c1300 K. Alis. 874, 41 Alisaundre lokid a-skof, As he no gef nought therof.
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