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skof, skof´ẽr: The verb indicates the manifestation of contempt by insulting words or actions; it combines bitterness with ridicule. It is much more frequent in the Revised Version (British and American) than in the King James Version, replacing “scorn†of the latter in ; , etc. “Scorn†refers rather to an inner emotion based on a sense of superiority; “scoff,†to the outward expression of this emotion.