MEACOCK

Etymology

Noun

meacock (plural meacocks)

(obsolete) An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man; a meek man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked.

Source: Wiktionary


Mea"cock, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. meek + cock.]

Definition: An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man. [Obs.] Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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