LekhoriLekhoriA derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
[T]he scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth […]
Food.
From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.
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