† cock-aloftadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, aloft adv.

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + aloft adv. (for associations of cock n.¹ with pride and arrogance, compare, for example, cock v.¹ 2, cocky adj. 2). Compare cockapert adj., cockalorum adj., cock-a-hoop adj.

colloquial. Obsolete.

Haughty; affectedly elevated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]

taunt?a1534

cocket1537

fastuous?1591

cobbing1599

whalebone1602

airy1606

fastigious1625

flatuous1630

high and mighty1633

vapouring1647

flatulent1658

hoity-toity1690

jackanapish1696

superior1711

penseful1788

uppish1789

pensy1790

stuck-up1812

glorified1821

toploftical1823

pretentious1832

sophomoric1837

highty-tighty1847

snippy1848

jumped-up1852

set-up1856

toplofty1859

cock-aloft1861

high-tone1864

high-toned1866

pretensivea1868

fancy-pants1870

hunched1870

snotty1870

head-in-air1880

uppity1880

jackanapsian1881

airified1882

sidey1898

posh1914

upstage1918

snooty1919

high-hatted1924

hincty1924

snot-nosed1941

posho1989

1861 Morning Chron. 9 Dec. 4/3 We may, before long..see that Yankee San Jacinto, with its cock-aloft captain, towed into Portsmouth harbour.

1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. xii. 128 Some rubbishing cock-aloft notion of ‘doing right’!

1875 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 23 Jan. 8/2 [He] treats Capt. Clark's motion regarding the erection of new gas works by the Corporation as a lot of cock-aloft rubbish out of which nothing can possibly come.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).

单词	cock-aloft
释义	† cock-aloftadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, aloft adv. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + aloft adv. (for associations of cock n.¹ with pride and arrogance, compare, for example, cock v.¹ 2, cocky adj. 2). Compare cockapert adj., cockalorum adj., cock-a-hoop adj. colloquial. Obsolete. Haughty; affectedly elevated. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] taunt?a1534 cocket1537 fastuous?1591 cobbing1599 whalebone1602 airy1606 fastigious1625 flatuous1630 high and mighty1633 vapouring1647 flatulent1658 hoity-toity1690 jackanapish1696 superior1711 penseful1788 uppish1789 pensy1790 stuck-up1812 glorified1821 toploftical1823 pretentious1832 sophomoric1837 highty-tighty1847 snippy1848 jumped-up1852 set-up1856 toplofty1859 cock-aloft1861 high-tone1864 high-toned1866 pretensivea1868 fancy-pants1870 hunched1870 snotty1870 head-in-air1880 uppity1880 jackanapsian1881 airified1882 sidey1898 posh1914 upstage1918 snooty1919 high-hatted1924 hincty1924 snot-nosed1941 posho1989 1861 Morning Chron. 9 Dec. 4/3 We may, before long..see that Yankee San Jacinto, with its cock-aloft captain, towed into Portsmouth harbour. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. xii. 128 Some rubbishing cock-aloft notion of ‘doing right’! 1875 Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 23 Jan. 8/2 [He] treats Capt. Clark's motion regarding the erection of new gas works by the Corporation as a lot of cock-aloft rubbish out of which nothing can possibly come. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). < adj.1861
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