cocklessadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkləs/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cock n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + -less suffix.

1. Without a cockerel or rooster; having no cockerels or roosters.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > unpaired

cockless1816

1816 W. By Richard III Travestie i. ii. 10 You were doom'd to spill The blood of men: how many henless cocks, And cockless hens, by thy most wicked knocks.

1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 193 The morrow's sun had risen Upon a cockless and a henless world.

1922 Calif. Poultry Jrnl. Jan. 56/2 A man in Kentucky couldn't bear to hear a rooster crow... He moved from one place to another, trying to find a cockless town. He couldn't.

2007 H. Ellis Planet Chicken ix. 133 His cockless flock took matters into their own hands when one of the hens, Yvette, started crowing and strutting.

2. slang. Having no penis. Chiefly figurative: impotent; unmanly, weak. Cf. dickless adj.

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the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]

womanly?c1225

ferbleta1300

effeminatea1393

nicea1393

softc1450

manlessa1529

unmanly1534

cockney1573

effeminated1580

unmanlikea1586

milky1602

enervate1603

womanizing1615

emasculate1622

womanized1624

softly1643

womanlish1647

unmasculine1649

emollid1656

ladylike1656

enervated1660

emasculated1701

petticoated1708

tea-faced1728

effeminized1789

invirile1870

epicene1881

sissyish1889

sissified1898

devirilized1901

cockless1902

camp1909

pansy1929

campy1932

queenly1933

poncy1937

pansyish1941

swishy1941

moffie1954

poofy1956

femme1963

poofed-up1964

minty1965

ponced-up1970

lavender1979

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence

geld?c1335

cunt-beatenc1440

fumbling1576

impotent1615

frigid1660

anandrious1879

cockless1902

1902 Forbidden Bks. 182 I remember a well-known dramatic author.., listening to the announcement of marriage of a very old dotard to a very young girl. ‘The reckless old cock!’ exclaimed someone. ‘A cockless old wreck, you mean!’ quickly rejoined the playwrite.

1974 L. Michaels in Partisan Rev. Spring 202 Another [man]..referred to women as ‘cockless wonders’ and used only their family names—for example, ‘I'm going to meet Goldberg, the cockless wonder.’

2014 S. Kenyon Born of Fury xi. 219 You will do your duty and you will stand before her like the proud Andarion warrior you're supposed to be, not some sniveling cockless coward!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockless
释义	cocklessadj. Brit. /ˈkɒkləs/, U.S. /ˈkɑkləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cock n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. Without a cockerel or rooster; having no cockerels or roosters. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > unpaired cockless1816 1816 W. By Richard III Travestie i. ii. 10 You were doom'd to spill The blood of men: how many henless cocks, And cockless hens, by thy most wicked knocks. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 193 The morrow's sun had risen Upon a cockless and a henless world. 1922 Calif. Poultry Jrnl. Jan. 56/2 A man in Kentucky couldn't bear to hear a rooster crow... He moved from one place to another, trying to find a cockless town. He couldn't. 2007 H. Ellis Planet Chicken ix. 133 His cockless flock took matters into their own hands when one of the hens, Yvette, started crowing and strutting. 2. slang. Having no penis. Chiefly figurative: impotent; unmanly, weak. Cf. dickless adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] womanly?c1225 ferbleta1300 effeminatea1393 nicea1393 softc1450 manlessa1529 unmanly1534 cockney1573 effeminated1580 unmanlikea1586 milky1602 enervate1603 womanizing1615 emasculate1622 womanized1624 softly1643 womanlish1647 unmasculine1649 emollid1656 ladylike1656 enervated1660 emasculated1701 petticoated1708 tea-faced1728 effeminized1789 invirile1870 epicene1881 sissyish1889 sissified1898 devirilized1901 cockless1902 camp1909 pansy1929 campy1932 queenly1933 poncy1937 pansyish1941 swishy1941 moffie1954 poofy1956 femme1963 poofed-up1964 minty1965 ponced-up1970 lavender1979 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence geld?c1335 cunt-beatenc1440 fumbling1576 impotent1615 frigid1660 anandrious1879 cockless1902 1902 Forbidden Bks. 182 I remember a well-known dramatic author.., listening to the announcement of marriage of a very old dotard to a very young girl. ‘The reckless old cock!’ exclaimed someone. ‘A cockless old wreck, you mean!’ quickly rejoined the playwrite. 1974 L. Michaels in Partisan Rev. Spring 202 Another [man]..referred to women as ‘cockless wonders’ and used only their family names—for example, ‘I'm going to meet Goldberg, the cockless wonder.’ 2014 S. Kenyon Born of Fury xi. 219 You will do your duty and you will stand before her like the proud Andarion warrior you're supposed to be, not some sniveling cockless coward! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1816
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