laughing stock

Signification (Anglais)

An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.

Concepts

objet de moquerie

Synonymes

butt of a joke

figure of fun

mocking stock

Traductions

Witzfigur

komischer Schauspieler

Farcenschauspieler

περίγελος

ρεζίλι

Gespött

αναγέλασμα

oggetto di scherno

lūdībrium

ρεντίκολο

Étymologie (Anglais)

From laughing + stock (“source, supply; butt, target”). Compare also whipping-stock, jesting-stock.

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