Doll-babies, dollies, voodoo dolls, and poppets are names given to a variety of figural images constructed by hoodoo rootworkers and intended to represent human beings upon whom a magical spell is to be cast or for whom spiritual work is to be performed.
Define scorn. scorn synonyms, scorn pronunciation, scorn translation, English dictionary definition of scorn. n. 1. a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy: viewed his rivals with scorn. b. The expression of such an...
A man coynes not a new word without some perill, and lesse fruit; for if it happen to be received, the praise is by moderate; if refus'd, the scorne is assur'd. â Ben Jonson, Timber: or, Discoveries made upon Men and Matter, 1640 (published posthumously)