Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Mock; sham.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Mock; counterfeit; sham.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
mock ;counterfeit ;sham
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sure, laugh all you want, but until you can walk a mile in my urine-soaked shoes, I suggest you keep your mockish tone to yourself.
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That was a little bit mockish, but it could have very well made the same point by putting it on tape.
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Given that most of what we write is made-up (there I said it), and that we're usually still suffering from St. Patrick's Day hangovers (hey, we really know how to party ... or we don't), we're somewhat less enthusiastic about April Fool's Day and the online explosion of nigh-believable news content and other mockish frippery.
The Toque 2009
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One uncomfortably adjusts himself to a self-serious act that appears mockish at best; the other desperately tries to take himself less seriously with a silly slasher.
unknown title 2009
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And I didn't want anything to do with a film that was mockish, over sentimental, misguided or weepy. "
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