mockful

English

Etymology

mock +‎ -ful

Adjective

mockful (comparative more mockful, superlative most mockful)

1. (obsolete) mocking
   • a 1868, Robert Buchanan, Edburga, in Tragic Dramas from Scottish History, volume 2, 1868

     Why dost thou phrase it thus / With that meek air of mockful ceremony? / Dost thou mistrust my love?

   • 1847, William Thom, Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-loom Weaver, page 76:

     For these are but mockful and treacherous things — / The thorns that "crackle" to sharpen their stings.