hoddy-peaks

Noun

hoddy-peak (plural hoddy-peaks)

1. (obsolete) A fool, person of low intelligence.
   • He sayeth ‘Thou huddy-peke! / Thy learnyng is too lewd, / Thy tongue is not well thewed, / To seek before our grace.’1527, John Skelton, Womanhood, Wanton, Ye Want!

   Synonyms:

   alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead

2. (obsolete) A cuckold, a married man whose wife is unfaithful.
   • But women, through want of wisdom, are grown to such wantonness that upon no occasion they will cross the street to have a glance of some gallant,[…] who, under her husband's (that hoddypeak's) nose must have all the distilling dew of his delicate rose, leaving him only a sweet scent, good enough...1589, Thomas Nashe, The Anatomy of Absurdity (PDF)

   Synonyms:

   Acteon, cornuto, cuck, cuckold, cuckhold, skimmington, Vulcanian