Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. {Mockeries}. [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by
mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of
earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.

It is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak.

Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to
look more like a mockery upon devotion than any
solemn application of the mind to God. --Law.

And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope.

2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous
merriment; derision; ridicule.

The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser.

3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.

The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a
mockery. --2 Macc.
viii. 17.