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Laughingstock Roget’s Thesaurus §857
N. # laughingstock, jestingstock, gazingstock, butt, game, fair game, april fool, original, oddity, queer fish, odd fish, quiz, square toes, old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey, buffoon, pantomimist, schlemiel, jest
Phr. dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt, 3, prospective affections
Prodigy Roget’s Thesaurus §872
N. prodigy, phenomenon, wonder, wonderment, marvel, miracle, monster, curiosity, lion, sight, spectacle, jeu de theatre, coup de theatre, gazingstock, sign, st. elmo's fire, st. elmo's light, portent, bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb, volcanic eruption, peal of thunder, thunder-clap, thunder-bolt, what no words can paint, wonders of the world, annus mirabilis, dignus vindice nodus
Phr. natura il fece e poi roppe la stampa, 5, extrinsic affections
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2 KJV and 0 BSB verses contain “Gazingstock”
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.