C16: from French beau coq, from beau handsome + coqcock1
bawcock in American English
(ˈbɔˌkɑk)
noun
Archaic
a good fellow
Word origin
< Fr beau, pretty + coq, cock2
bawcock in American English
(ˈbɔˌkɑk)
noun
archaic(used familiarly)
a fine fellow
Word origin
[1590–1600; ‹ F beau coc fine cock]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Byzantine, attack, fixture, operator, radius