† cock-tailadv.

Forms: 1600s cock-taile.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, cock v.¹, tail n.¹

Etymology: < either cock n.¹ or cock v.¹ + tail n.¹

Obsolete. rare.

Self-importantly, assertively, or ostentatiously. Cf. cock v.¹ 4a.With allusion to the impression of self-important display given by a fighting cock with its tail raised.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [adverb]

cock-tail1600

importantly1734

consequentially1788

self-importantly1828

1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Epigr. xxxii. 38 How cock-taile proude he doth his head aduance How rare his spurres do ring the moris-daunce.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cock-tail
释义	† cock-tailadv. Forms: 1600s cock-taile. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, cock v.¹, tail n.¹ Etymology: < either cock n.¹ or cock v.¹ + tail n.¹ Obsolete. rare. Self-importantly, assertively, or ostentatiously. Cf. cock v.¹ 4a.With allusion to the impression of self-important display given by a fighting cock with its tail raised. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [adverb] cock-tail1600 importantly1734 consequentially1788 self-importantly1828 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Epigr. xxxii. 38 How cock-taile proude he doth his head aduance How rare his spurres do ring the moris-daunce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.1600
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