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laughingstock

Roget category 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

noun

laughingstock, jestingstock, gazingstockbutt, game, fair gameApril fool etc. (dupe) 547.
original, oddityqueer fish, odd fishquiz, square toesold monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkeybuffoon etc. (jester) 844pantomimist etc. (actor) 599.
schlemiel.
jest etc. (wit) 842.

phrase

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

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