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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.]

2. An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.] To become the geck and scorn O'the other's villainy. Shak.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.]

2. To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To jeer; to show contempt. Sir W. Scott.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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