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princock

princock noun: an insolent or cheeky young man.

Noun

princock (plural princocks)

  1. (archaic, attributive, dialectal, sometimes) An insolent or cheeky young man.
    • You are a saucy boy […] You are a princox; go: Be quiet, […] I'll make you quiet.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • Behold its behaviour. It is a prin-cock boy, who, in his schoole, knows not how far one proceeds against all order: study, exercise, custome and practise, are paths to insufficiency: the novices beare all the sway.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 5, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book III, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of princock

pluralprincocks
alternative formprincox

Origin of princock

From an uncertain first element + cock.

Questions about princock

What does princock mean?
Princock means an insolent or cheeky young man.
What part of speech is princock?
Princock is a noun.
What is the plural of princock?
The plural of princock is princocks.

Words near princock in the dictionary

  1. principles
  2. principling
  3. principlism
  4. principlist
  5. principlists
  6. princock
  7. princocks
  8. princox
  9. princoxes
  10. princs.
  11. princy

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