cock sparrown.

Brit.

/ˌkɒk ˈsparəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑk ˌspɛroʊ/

Forms: see cock n.¹ and sparrow n.

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

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + sparrow n.

1. A male sparrow.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer domesticus (sparrow) > male

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1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. iv. vii. sig. Eiv^v She faynes to looke in his basket... Grimball. You would, be like, let my Cocke Sparrowes goe.

1587 T. Dawson Good Huswifes Iewell (new ed.) sig. C5^v Put in the yolkes of eight Egges, and the braines of thrée or foure cocke Sparrowes.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiii. 305/2 Sparrow, is the emblem of instability and unconstancy of mind (according to the Proverb) off and on, like a Cock Sparrow.

1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 21 Under the Bill also is a black Mark, drawn a pretty way down the Throat, as in the Cock Sparrow.

1880 Manch. Weekly Times 14 Feb. Suppl. 54/3 At first I took it for a robin, but it turned out to be a cocksparrow.

1943 Auk 60 398 A swallow came and perched on a wire near me. Then a cock sparrow settled on the same wire.

2006 Independent 2 Aug. (Extra section) 4/4 The start of a classical guitar recital..was delayed by the chirping of a cock sparrow. The rector pronounced a sentence of death, and had the bird shot.

2. A person likened to a male sparrow in some way; esp. (a) a short man; (b) a lively, mercurial, or quarrelsome man.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

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1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. H3^v He'll haue a fling at thee, my noble Cock-Sparrow.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. i. 40 What, Sirrah, wou'd you debauch my Maid? you little Cock-Sparrow?

1820 W. Scott Abbot I. iv. 88 If this cock-sparrow is to crow over us as he seems to do.

1891 Aberdeen Jrnl. 13 Feb. 5/2 Irish gentlemen were calling each other cock-sparrows and scoundrels and talking about the Divorce Court.

1967 Financial Times 20 Sept. 36/1 Although vainglorious little provincial cocksparrows are not my favourite kind of hero, it's an attractive enough story.

2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 June 22 He was a wee, tenacious, pugnacious cocksparrow, who..became one of the finest and best-loved journalists of his generation.

Derivatives

cock-ˈsparrowish adj. resembling a male sparrow; spec. (of a man) small or lively (cf. sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [adjective] > of or resembling the sparrow > resembling the male

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1874 Judy 15 July 124/2 Here Mr. Edmund Leathes has a somewhat cock-sparrowish aspect, owing to an absurd make-up.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. 66 Little Monty, who had all that cock-sparrowish pluck which small men are wont to possess.

1995 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 5 Feb. 47 Lady Brown, 48 years younger and a foot taller than the cocksparrowish Sir David,..did not even reply to the invitation.

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

单词	cock sparrow
释义	cock sparrown. Brit. /ˌkɒk ˈsparəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkɑk ˌspɛroʊ/ Forms: see cock n.¹ and sparrow n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, sparrow n. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + sparrow n. 1. A male sparrow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer domesticus (sparrow) > male cock sparrow1578 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. iv. vii. sig. Eiv^v She faynes to looke in his basket... Grimball. You would, be like, let my Cocke Sparrowes goe. 1587 T. Dawson Good Huswifes Iewell (new ed.) sig. C5^v Put in the yolkes of eight Egges, and the braines of thrée or foure cocke Sparrowes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiii. 305/2 Sparrow, is the emblem of instability and unconstancy of mind (according to the Proverb) off and on, like a Cock Sparrow. 1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 21 Under the Bill also is a black Mark, drawn a pretty way down the Throat, as in the Cock Sparrow. 1880 Manch. Weekly Times 14 Feb. Suppl. 54/3 At first I took it for a robin, but it turned out to be a cocksparrow. 1943 Auk 60 398 A swallow came and perched on a wire near me. Then a cock sparrow settled on the same wire. 2006 Independent 2 Aug. (Extra section) 4/4 The start of a classical guitar recital..was delayed by the chirping of a cock sparrow. The rector pronounced a sentence of death, and had the bird shot. 2. A person likened to a male sparrow in some way; esp. (a) a short man; (b) a lively, mercurial, or quarrelsome man. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. H3^v He'll haue a fling at thee, my noble Cock-Sparrow. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. i. 40 What, Sirrah, wou'd you debauch my Maid? you little Cock-Sparrow? 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. iv. 88 If this cock-sparrow is to crow over us as he seems to do. 1891 Aberdeen Jrnl. 13 Feb. 5/2 Irish gentlemen were calling each other cock-sparrows and scoundrels and talking about the Divorce Court. 1967 Financial Times 20 Sept. 36/1 Although vainglorious little provincial cocksparrows are not my favourite kind of hero, it's an attractive enough story. 2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 June 22 He was a wee, tenacious, pugnacious cocksparrow, who..became one of the finest and best-loved journalists of his generation. Derivatives cock-ˈsparrowish adj. resembling a male sparrow; spec. (of a man) small or lively (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [adjective] > of or resembling the sparrow > resembling the male cock-sparrowish1874 1874 Judy 15 July 124/2 Here Mr. Edmund Leathes has a somewhat cock-sparrowish aspect, owing to an absurd make-up. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. 66 Little Monty, who had all that cock-sparrowish pluck which small men are wont to possess. 1995 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 5 Feb. 47 Lady Brown, 48 years younger and a foot taller than the cocksparrowish Sir David,..did not even reply to the invitation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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