† cockalanen.

Forms:

α. Scottish pre-1700 cockaland, pre-1700 cockalane, pre-1700 cokaland, pre-1700 cokalane, pre-1700 coquilan.

β. (in sense 2) 1600s coque a lasne, 1600s coque à lasne.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coq-à-l'âne.

Etymology: < Middle French, French coq-à-l'âne a burlesque or satire using a deliberately incoherent narrative (1536) < coq cock n.¹ + à at + le , definite article + âne ass (see pas d'âne n.), after saillir du cocq en l'asne (a1380 in Middle French), sauter du coq à l'asne (end of the 15th cent. in Middle French), both in the sense ‘to ramble’, lit. ‘to jump from cock to ass’ (compare earlier to jump (also leap) from cock to ass at cock n.¹ and int. Phrases 1d). Compare a story of a cock and a bull at cock n.¹ and int. Phrases 1e(a), cock-and-bull at cock n.¹ and int. Phrases 1e(b).

Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

1. A satire or lampoon.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > lampoon or satire

bill1426

satire1509

squibc1525

pasquil1542

pasquinata1592

cockalane1596

pasquinado1600

Pasquin1611

lampoon1645

pasquinade1658

banter1695

jeu d'esprit1712

Dunciad1728

squiblet1820

squibling1884

satirette1894

spoof1958

1596 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1882) 1st Ser. V. 313 Ane maist tressounable letter, in forme of a cokalane, craftelie divulgat be certane malicious, seditious and unquiet spiritis.

1605 Ayr Session Rec. 25 Feb. Ony ryme or cokalane.

1609 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1609/4/28 By thair pasquillis, libellis, rymis, cokalanis, commedies..they slander, maligne and revile the people, estait and countrey of England.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 781 Spreideris of cokalandis sould be punischit by banischment.

2. A story, discourse, etc., which strays from one subject to another; a disconnected ramble.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > disconnectedness > disconnected writing or discourse

riot1340

scrabblementa1603

cockalane1627

ramble1694

maunder1835

maundering1853

1627 J. Wishard Let. 17 Jan. in J. Spottiswood Breefe Memorial (1811) 50 Excuse the rather cockaland then Letter from him who carethe not howe disformall his penn's expression be.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 62 What a Coque a Lasne is this? I talk of Women and thou answer'st Tennis.

1697 R. St.Clair in tr. B. Ramazzini Abyssinian Philos. Confuted To Rdr. sig. a8 So it would have been a Coque à lasne, to have thus past from his subject and design of reproving Atheists.

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

单词	cockalane
释义	† cockalanen. Forms: α. Scottish pre-1700 cockaland, pre-1700 cockalane, pre-1700 cokaland, pre-1700 cokalane, pre-1700 coquilan. β. (in sense 2) 1600s coque a lasne, 1600s coque à lasne. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French coq-à-l'âne. Etymology: < Middle French, French coq-à-l'âne a burlesque or satire using a deliberately incoherent narrative (1536) < coq cock n.¹ + à at + le , definite article + âne ass (see pas d'âne n.), after saillir du cocq en l'asne (a1380 in Middle French), sauter du coq à l'asne (end of the 15th cent. in Middle French), both in the sense ‘to ramble’, lit. ‘to jump from cock to ass’ (compare earlier to jump (also leap) from cock to ass at cock n.¹ and int. Phrases 1d). Compare a story of a cock and a bull at cock n.¹ and int. Phrases 1e(a), cock-and-bull at cock n.¹ and int. Phrases 1e(b). Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. 1. A satire or lampoon. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > lampoon or satire bill1426 satire1509 squibc1525 pasquil1542 pasquinata1592 cockalane1596 pasquinado1600 Pasquin1611 lampoon1645 pasquinade1658 banter1695 jeu d'esprit1712 Dunciad1728 squiblet1820 squibling1884 satirette1894 spoof1958 1596 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1882) 1st Ser. V. 313 Ane maist tressounable letter, in forme of a cokalane, craftelie divulgat be certane malicious, seditious and unquiet spiritis. 1605 Ayr Session Rec. 25 Feb. Ony ryme or cokalane. 1609 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1609/4/28 By thair pasquillis, libellis, rymis, cokalanis, commedies..they slander, maligne and revile the people, estait and countrey of England. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 781 Spreideris of cokalandis sould be punischit by banischment. 2. A story, discourse, etc., which strays from one subject to another; a disconnected ramble. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > disconnectedness > disconnected writing or discourse riot1340 scrabblementa1603 cockalane1627 ramble1694 maunder1835 maundering1853 1627 J. Wishard Let. 17 Jan. in J. Spottiswood Breefe Memorial (1811) 50 Excuse the rather cockaland then Letter from him who carethe not howe disformall his penn's expression be. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 62 What a Coque a Lasne is this? I talk of Women and thou answer'st Tennis. 1697 R. St.Clair in tr. B. Ramazzini Abyssinian Philos. Confuted To Rdr. sig. a8 So it would have been a Coque à lasne, to have thus past from his subject and design of reproving Atheists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1596
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