The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
scoffer, flouter, mocker, jeerer
(noun) someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flouter (plural flouters)
A person who flouts.
Source: Wiktionary
Flout"er, n.
Definition: One who flouts; a mocker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.