laughingstock

Roget-categorie 857

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.2. Discriminative affections

#857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock

zelfstandig naamwoord

laughingstock, jestingstock^†, gazingstock^† — butt, game, fair game — April fool etc. (dupe) 547^†.
original, oddity — queer fish, odd fish — quiz, square toes — old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey — buffoon etc. (jester) 844 — pantomimist etc. (actor) 599.
schlemiel.
jest etc. (wit) 842.

uitdrukking

dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt [Lat.].

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