Scoff
Scoff (?; 115) , noun
[Old English scof; akin to OFries. schof, Old High German scoph, Icelandic skaup, and perh. to English shove.]
1.
Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
2.
An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
The scoff of withered age and beardless youth.
Scoff (?; 115) , intransitive verb
[Compare Danish skuffe to deceive, delude, Icelandic skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See Scoff, n.]
To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
God's better gift they scoff at and refuse.
Scoff , transitive verb
To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest.