gazingstock
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A person or thing gazed at with wonder or curiosity, especially of a scornful kind.
Examples
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And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
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On the one hand, our author's first readers had been personally made a gazingstock.
Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews
Note
The 'stock' of 'gazingstock' comes from an Old English word meaning 'tree trunk' or 'wood'.
