Mock"er*y (?), n.; pl.
Mockeries (#). [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to
contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of
earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.
It is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery.
Shak.
Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to
look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn
application of the mind to God.
Law.
And bear about the mockery of woe.
Pope.
2. Insulting or contemptuous action or
speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
The laughingstock of fortune's
mockeries.
Spenser.
3. Subject of laughter, derision, or
sport.
The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
mockery.
2 Macc. viii. 17.