cockeryadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒk(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkəri/, Scottish English

/ˈkɔk(ə)rɪ/

Forms: see cocker v.² and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cocker v.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < cocker v.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier cockering adj.¹, and later cockerty adj. Compare also later cockly adj.²

Scottish. Now rare.

Unsteady, tottering; shaky, unstable. Cf. cocker v.², cockerty adj. Sc. National Dict. (at Cocker) records the word as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Fife, and Lanarkshire in 1936.

ΘΚΠ

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

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

unstable1390

unsteadfasta1400

tickle1515

unstayed1594

unsteady1598

shittle1601

firmless1605

flitty1642

totty1652

shuttlec1682

unfirm1697

wankly1795

wankya1825

cockery1825

wobbly1833

tottlish1835

earthquaky1837

tottling1849

shaky1850

cockly1859

unsteadied1865

shoggy1866

wankle1869

wibblety-wobblety1877

cockerty1895

tipsy1895

rocky1900

wibbly-wobbly1901

tottly1905

topply1913

wibbly1914

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cocker Cockerie, unsteady in position.

1897 ‘L. Keith’ My Bonnie Lady 88 He set the plates on such a cockerie eminence.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 93 Cockery, unstable, shaky.

Derivatives

ˈcockeriness n. the quality or state of being cockery; unsteadiness, instability. Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) at Cocker records the word as still in use in Perthshire at that time.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cocker Cockerieness, the state of being Cockerie.

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

单词	cockery
释义	cockeryadj. Brit. /ˈkɒk(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkɑkəri/, Scottish English /ˈkɔk(ə)rɪ/ Forms: see cocker v.² and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cocker v.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < cocker v.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier cockering adj.¹, and later cockerty adj. Compare also later cockly adj.² Scottish. Now rare. Unsteady, tottering; shaky, unstable. Cf. cocker v.², cockerty adj. Sc. National Dict. (at Cocker) records the word as still in use in Aberdeenshire, Fife, and Lanarkshire in 1936. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering > unstable unstable1390 unsteadfasta1400 tickle1515 unstayed1594 unsteady1598 shittle1601 firmless1605 flitty1642 totty1652 shuttlec1682 unfirm1697 wankly1795 wankya1825 cockery1825 wobbly1833 tottlish1835 earthquaky1837 tottling1849 shaky1850 cockly1859 unsteadied1865 shoggy1866 wankle1869 wibblety-wobblety1877 cockerty1895 tipsy1895 rocky1900 wibbly-wobbly1901 tottly1905 topply1913 wibbly1914 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cocker Cockerie, unsteady in position. 1897 ‘L. Keith’ My Bonnie Lady 88 He set the plates on such a cockerie eminence. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 93 Cockery, unstable, shaky. Derivatives ˈcockeriness n. the quality or state of being cockery; unsteadiness, instability. Eng. Dial. Dict. (1898) at Cocker records the word as still in use in Perthshire at that time. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Cocker Cockerieness, the state of being Cockerie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1825
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