Meacock Definition

noun
1604, Thomas Decker and Thomas Middleton, The Honest Whore.
Viola: a woman’s well holp’d up with such a meacock. I had rather have a husband that would swaddle me thrice a day, than such a one that will be gull’d twice in half an hour.
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1876, Henry Taylor, Philip Van Artevelde., A Dramatic Romance., In Two Parts., Henry S. King & Co. (London), page 86
Earl: A man that as much knowledge has of war / As I of brewing mead ! ... A bookish nursling of the monks—a meacock !
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Other Word Forms of Meacock

Noun

Singular:
meacock
Plural:
meacocks

Origin of Meacock

  • Probably a blend of meek and cock, or from meek +‎ -ock (“diminutive suffix”). For use of cock as a diminutive suffix, see also niddicock.

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