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cockish

cockish adjective: resembling a cock (all senses).

Adjective

cockish (comparative more cockish, superlative most cockish)

  1. Resembling a cock (all senses).
  2. Cocky, assertive.
  3. (obsolete) Wanton, forward.
    • a cockish wench

Forms of cockish

comparativemore cockish
superlativemost cockish

Origin of cockish

From cock + -ish.

Questions about cockish

What does cockish mean?
Cockish means resembling a cock (all senses).
What part of speech is cockish?
Cockish is an adjective.

Words near cockish in the dictionary

  1. cocking on
  2. cocking one's toes
  3. cocking up
  4. cockings
  5. Cockins
  6. cockish
  7. cockknocker
  8. cockknockers
  9. cocklaird
  10. cocklairds
  11. cockle

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