scorn (n.) Old form(s): scorne
object of scorn, target of mockery
1H6 IV.vi.49[John Talbot to Talbot] like me to the peasant boys of France, / To be shame's scorn and subject of mischance
CE IV.iv.101[Antipholus of Ephesus to Adriana] thou art ... confederate with a damned pack / To make a loathsome abject scorn of me
TNK V.i.88[Palamon praying to Venus, of an old man] make him, to the scorn of his hoarse throat, / Abuse young lays of love [i.e. people jeer at his voice]
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