KJV dictionary & concordance
To mock, ridicule, or laugh to scorn.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Habakkuk 1:10
Complete exact-word concordance
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
And they shal scoffe at the Kings, and the Princes shall bee a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde, for they shall heape dust & take it.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To mock, or floute.
Mock, or laugh to scorne.
[Latin To laugh.] To laugh at in contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to treat with scorn by laughter. The Pharisees also-derided him. Luke 16:14. Some, who adore Newton for his fluxions, deride him for his religion.
