Meanings
adjectivemockful (comparative more mockful, superlative most mockful)
comparative more mockful · superlative most mockful
- obsoletemocking
Why dost thou phrase it thus / With that meek air of mockful ceremony? / Dost thou mistrust my love?
a 1868, Robert Buchanan, Edburga, in Tragic Dramas from Scottish History, volume 2, 18681 more example
For these are but mockful and treacherous things — / The thorns that "crackle" to sharpen their stings.
1847, William Thom, Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-loom Weaver, page 76
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