scoffery

Headed by the infamous apostate Voltaire, a group of Rationalist writers brought out an Encyclopedia, which, pretending to be a summary of modern knowledge, carried, scattered through it, articles attacking Catholic beliefs and ideals with the weapons of scoffery and ridicule.

Forerunners of the French Revolution. Part 3a de Brantigny........................ 2007

Headed by the infamous apostate Voltaire, a group of Rationalist writers brought out an Encyclopedia, which, pretending to be a summary of modern knowledge, carried, scattered through it, articles attacking Catholic beliefs and ideals with the weapons of scoffery and ridicule.

Archive 2007-10-14 de Brantigny........................ 2007

Satirist, but with more rayling and scoffery then became a Poet Lawreat, such among the Greekes were called _Pantomimi_, with vs Buffons, altogether applying their wits to Scurrillities & other ridiculous matters.

The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

"He was a sharp satirist, but with more railing and scoffery than became a poet-laureate," * said one.

English Literature for Boys and Girls

A vote for Berger is a vote of scoffery against the St. Louis platform -- a vote of apology for the platform, dissipation of its meaning, and disavowal of its essential spirit.

The Red Conspiracy Joseph J. Mereto

Skelton a sharpe Satirist, but with more rayling and scoffery then became a Poet Lawreat, such among the Greekes were called Pantomimi, with vs Buffons, altogether applying their wits to Scurrillities & other ridiculous matters.

The Arte of English Poesie 1569