Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock — N. laughingstock,

jestingstock†, gazingstock†; butt, game, fair game; April fool &c (dupe) 547 [Obs.]. original, oddity; queer fish, odd fish; quiz, square toes; old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey; buffoon &c (jester) 844; pantomimist &c (actor) 599. schlemiel. jest &c (wit) 842. Phr. dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt [Lat.].