scoff1
v.
speak about something in a scornfully derisive way.
n.
an expression of scornful derision.
▸archaic an object of ridicule.
Derivative
- scoffer n.
- scoffing adj.
- scoffingly adv.
Etymology
ME: perh. of Scand. origin.
scoff2
v.
eat quickly and greedily.
n.
food.
Etymology
C18: v. orig. a var. of Scots and dial. scaff; n. from Afrik. schoff, representing Du. schoft ‘quarter of a day, meal’.