cockletyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒklti/, U.S.

/ˈkɑk(ə)lti/

Forms: 1800s cockledy, 1800s– cockelty, 1800s– cocklety.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cockly adj.²

Etymology: Probably an alteration of cockly adj.² (although this is first attested later), perhaps after rickety adj. (compare -ety suffix); perhaps compare also hicklety-picklety , variant of higgledy-piggledy adv. Compare later coggledy adj., cockerty adj. Compare also earlier cockling adj.³Compare also English regional (northern) kicklety , kecklety , in the same sense (19th cent.). Earlier currency is probably implied by cockledy bread at cockelty bread n. β. forms.

Chiefly English regional (northern and midlands).

Unsteady, tottering; rickety, shaky, unstable. Cf. cockle v.³, cockly adj.²

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering

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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Cockelty, standing unsafely, rickety; used of a boat that seems as if it would easily be upset.

1880 E. L. Linton Silken Thread & Other Stories III. 11 A grand young lady, all covered with crape and beads, and with a cockelty little hat set on the top of her nose.

1897 London Society Aug. 220 I would advise Angelina not to have a regular baby's chair. They are always cocklety, to use a homely phrase.

1905 T. W. H. Crosland Suburbans xii. 115 Afternoon tea, served in eggshell china and on dainty if somewhat cocklety tables.

1994 A. Kellett Dict. Yorks. Dial., Trad. & Folklore 37/1 Cocklety, not firmly placed (eg a ladder).

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

单词	cocklety
释义	cockletyadj. Brit. /ˈkɒklti/, U.S. /ˈkɑk(ə)lti/ Forms: 1800s cockledy, 1800s– cockelty, 1800s– cocklety. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cockly adj.² Etymology: Probably an alteration of cockly adj.² (although this is first attested later), perhaps after rickety adj. (compare -ety suffix); perhaps compare also hicklety-picklety , variant of higgledy-piggledy adv. Compare later coggledy adj., cockerty adj. Compare also earlier cockling adj.³Compare also English regional (northern) kicklety , kecklety , in the same sense (19th cent.). Earlier currency is probably implied by cockledy bread at cockelty bread n. β. forms. Chiefly English regional (northern and midlands). Unsteady, tottering; rickety, shaky, unstable. Cf. cockle v.³, cockly adj.² ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety seely1562 crazy1583 ramshackled1675 creachy1715 rickly1715 rickety1741 palsified1775 shackling1790 ramshackling1815 paralytic1824 rackety1824 rattletrap1824 cocklety1828 ramshackle1830 shickery?1833 shackly1843 shattery1844 shaky1850 ramshackly1857 cockly1859 rachitic1864 ruckly1866 tumble-over1883 palsied1889 rattle-bag1896 shauchly1896 bockety1902 ruggy1929 rickety-rackety1931 ropy1942 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering tolter1423 totterc1480 totteringa1535 cockering1553 tottered1626 cockling1634 nodding1693 cockery1825 cocklety1828 rickety1832 cockly1859 cockerty1895 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Cockelty, standing unsafely, rickety; used of a boat that seems as if it would easily be upset. 1880 E. L. Linton Silken Thread & Other Stories III. 11 A grand young lady, all covered with crape and beads, and with a cockelty little hat set on the top of her nose. 1897 London Society Aug. 220 I would advise Angelina not to have a regular baby's chair. They are always cocklety, to use a homely phrase. 1905 T. W. H. Crosland Suburbans xii. 115 Afternoon tea, served in eggshell china and on dainty if somewhat cocklety tables. 1994 A. Kellett Dict. Yorks. Dial., Trad. & Folklore 37/1 Cocklety, not firmly placed (eg a ladder). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828
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