לֵיצָנוּת, (preced.) scoffing habits, sneering, irony. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ bot. קשה היא הל׳ שתחילתה וכ׳ (not הליצניות) scoffing is a serious thing, for its beginning brings suffering, and its end destruction. Cant. R. to I, 3 דברי ל׳ frivolous speech, v. זִרְזֵיף. Ib. אם נכנס … דבר של ל׳ when a word of the Law (a religious thought) enters the heart, a word of scoffing is removed &c. Num. R. s. 7; a. e.