cockhoodn.
/ˈkɒkhʊd/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌ(h)ʊd/ Frequently humorous.
The condition or quality of being a cockerel or rooster. Sometimes also: cockerels or roosters collectively.
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1829 R. Southey Pilgrim to Compostella iv, in All for Love 179 From which two milk-white chicken To Cock and Henhood grew.
1899 Strand Mag. June 574/1 He was a disgrace to cockhood, despised by the hens and chased by the gallant cock.
a1906 H. C. Brokmeyer Mechanic's Diary (1910) 185/2 Heck, the rooster—her soul's ideal of lusty cockhood!
1938 Classical Weekly 31 Oct. 40/2 A rooster, stepping high amid a harem of admiring hens, can vocalize his cockhood over an immense area.
1999 I. de la Bere Understanding of Jenner Ransfield iv. 79 She..saw how the chick followed the hen's approaches with variations of his own, as if he were already practising for cockhood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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