Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bemock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-mock
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ridicule or mock.

Archaic

verb

To mock repeatedly; flout.

Transitive verb

verb

To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.

Transitive verb

verb

To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"thought could not divide The actual world from these entangling evils, Which so bemocked themselves, that I descried All shapes like mine own self, hideously multiplied."

Etymology

From be- + mock.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Inflected Forms

bemocks (present, singular) bemocking (participle, present) bemocked (participle, past) bemocked (past)

Synonyms

mock

Questions

What does bemock mean?: To ridicule or mock.
Where does bemock come from?: From be- + mock.

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