cockyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɒki/, U.S.

/ˈkɑki/, Irish English

/ˈkɑki/

Forms: 1600s– cockie, 1600s– cocky.

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + -y suffix⁶.

colloquial (chiefly British and Irish English).

Originally used as term of endearment for a person of either sex. In later use chiefly as a familiar form of address for a man. Cf. cock n.¹ 14, cocker n.⁷Now much less common than cock and cocker.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

1680 T. Betterton Revenge i. 2 My Cockie forgets to tell your Worships, that our house being full, we had no Room emptie but the great Parlor below stairs.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. i. 31 Nay look you now if she does not weep—'tis the fondest Fool—Nay Cocky Cocky, nay dear Cocky, don't cry, I was but in Jest.

1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. ix. 42 Now, cocky, ye may gang about your business.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 491 Gratefully my gude auld Cockie I'm yours for ay.

1888 E. Lyon Ireland's Dream I. vi. 87 Not so fast, my cockie; just stay where you are, till I know whether you'll be wanted.

1968 C. Watson Charity ends at Home 59 ‘Now then, cocky,’ said Mr O'Toole, affably.

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

cockyn.²

Brit.

/ˈkɒki/, U.S.

/ˈkɑki/, Australian English

/ˈkɔki/, New Zealand English

/ˈkɒki/

Forms: 1800s cockey, 1800s– cockie, 1800s– cocky.

Etymology: < cock- (in cockatoo n.) + -y suffix⁶.

colloquial.

1. (A pet name for) a cockatoo.Especially common in Australian usage, but also found elsewhere.

ΚΠ

1830 T. Hook Maxwell II. ii. 26 Added to these, was ‘pretty cocky’ in the window, as before noticed.

1889 Boy's Own Paper 7 Dec. 158/1 Cocky allowed every member of the family to scratch his dusty poll.

1948 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, Austral.) 27 Sept. 2/5 The Prestwich family cocky escaped from its cage.

2013 T. Creed Redstone Station ii. 12 King Henry the Ninth was an ancient sulphur crested cockatoo... He had none of the clichéd vices of talking cockies, such as swearing or hurling insults.

2. Australian and New Zealand. A farmer working a small-scale farm; = cockatoo n. 3. In later use also more generally: any farmer or rural landowner Cf. cow-cocky n. at cow n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > small farmer

wool hat1794

smallholder1800

cockatoo1844

cockatoo farmer1844

cockatooer1852

cocky1868

yardland-holder1890

yardlander1891

minifundista1969

1868 Adelaide Observer 24 Oct. 3/4 Let Albury and Hamilton, the German wagons and the ‘Adelaide cockies’ answer for them.

1911 ‘Kiwi’ On the Swag iii. 8 Squatters came up in their buggies and waggonnettes, ‘cockies’ in their spring traps.

1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 82 The cocky had a sheep-run in the foothills of the Coromandel Ranges.

2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Mar. (QWeekend Suppl.) 19/2 A seminar organised by the Department of Primary Industries..for cockies battling the worst drought in 100 years.

Compounds

C1. Australian and New Zealand. General use as a modifier and with other nouns, with the sense ‘that is (a) cocky’, (in sense 2), esp. in cocky farmer.

ΚΠ

1895 Parl. Deb. (New S. Wales) No. 4. 395 The small ‘cocky’ farmer at Queanbeyan will dismiss his gilded coachman.

1899 H. Lawson in Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Feb. 35/1 It is with the farmer or ‘cockie’ class that the writer is here chiefly concerned.

1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell ii. 51 If one of the ‘cocky’ specials fell among strangers..he might be wary of the boots that would as soon kick in a strike-breaker's head as not.

2010 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 11 June 9 The mining industry reminds me sometimes of Hanrahan, the cocky farmer from the old John O'Brien poem we read in school.

C2. Australian. In terms for things associated with small-scale farmers (see sense 2).

cocky chaff n. (also cockies' chaff) husks separated from wheat grain by threshing; wheat chaff.

ΚΠ

1883 W. Thompson Let. 7 Jan. in S. Austral. Advertiser (Adelaide) 9 July 3/5 The animals were fed on ‘cockies' chaff’.

1948 J. K. Ewers For Heroes to live In 99 Harvesters bit off the wheat heads, sifted the grain and sent the cocky-chaff streaming out in a following cloud.

2002 Countryman (Perth) 16 May 31/2 He said valuable farm feed resources to the feedlot included straw.., cocky chaff.., cereal and legume hay [etc.].

cocky country n. land or rural areas where the chief occupation is farming on a small scale.

ΚΠ

1902 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 22 Mar. 3/7 One might expect to hear this kind of love making up in the cocky country on the Darling Downs, but in a city it seems out of place.

2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 11 May a24 One of the most amazing artists from the region is Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri. He describes his birthplace as ‘white cocky country’.

cocky gate n. (also cocky's gate) a rudimentary or makeshift gate made of wire attached to upright battens, often forming a movable section of a wire fence.Cf. Taranaki gate n. at Taranaki n.

ΚΠ

1916 Gnowangerup Star (W. Austral.) 28 Oct. Mr. John drew attention to the number of ‘cocky's’ gates on the Amelup-road in Mr. Murray's property. He moved that Mr. Murray be requested to swing suitable gates.

1982 R. Ellis Bush Safari 49 We drove through mulga and bluebush country, every now and then opening a cocky gate as we passed through the large paddocks.

2017 Stock Jrnl. (Nexis) 30 Mar. 42 Mr Arbon has also installed cocky gates on some of the paddocks, made with cyclone fencing, steel posts and threaded rod.

cocky's delight n. now rare golden syrup or treacle; = cocky's joy n.

ΚΠ

1900 Adelong & Tumut (Austral.) Express 19 Oct. 1/3 I screams [sic] and floating pastry, with cockie's delight.

1985 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 22 Dec. 14/4 I found your nostalgia article on Cocky's Delight (Golden Syrup) very interesting.

cocky's joy n. golden syrup or treacle; cf. cocky's delight n.

ΚΠ

1901 Evening News (Sydney) 15 May 2/5 Jam and golden syrup (nicknamed ‘cockie's joy’), and margarine for all meals.

1910 C. E. W. Bean On Wool Track v. 64 Cocky's joy is golden syrup in 2-lb. tins, costing seven-pence.

2004 Time Out N.Y. 21 Oct. 135/3 If you don't eat your Vegemite, you can't have any cocky's joy!

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

cockyn.³

Brit.

/ˈkɒki/, U.S.

/ˈkɑki/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: cockroach n.

Etymology: Shortened < cockroach n. (compare -y suffix⁶).

colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian).

Frequently in plural. A cockroach.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > member of genus Blatta (cockroach)

blatta1601

cockroach1616

mill moth1658

twitch-ballock1757

drummer1764

mill beetle1771

kakkerlak1813

roach1822

twitch-clock1843

twitch-cloga1876

cocky1931

1931 Brisbane Courier 7 Feb. 13/8 The spectators had to keep stamping their feet to prevent the fugitive ‘cockies’ from crawling up their legs.

1953 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 28 Oct. 4/4 Sprays..were not known in the ‘good old days’. We found that not one ‘cocky’ ever argued when a cup of boiling water was thrown on him.

2013 P. Broadbent HMS Bermuda Days iv. You can't kill 'em. Royal Navy cockies are the only living creature that they reckon will survive an atomic bomb.

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

cockyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒki/, U.S.

/ˈkɑki/

Forms: 1500s cockie, 1700s– cocky, 1800s– cockey.

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + -y suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier coxy adj.

†1. Of a man: having a strong sex drive or great sexual prowess; virile. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous

lecherous1303

lickerous1377

cocky1549

cockish?1555

lickering1578

codding1594

salt1598

lickerish1599

rewish1617

tentiginous1631

liquorsome1656

salacious1661

lechering1693

horny1889

horn-mad1893

tomcat1899

whorehopping1954

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 127^v He was not cockie enough to satisfie hir appetite.

2. Conceited, self-important; arrogant, brashly overconfident.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective]

crousea1400

crank1499

cockish1551

forward1561

forthyc1565

forthputting?1577

perching1579

perk1579

perking?1584

officious1596

pratchant1596

putting-forth1621

obtrusive1652

petulcous1661

pushing1682

coxy1728

cocky1768

bumptious1801

furthy1808

upsetting1817

perky1820

self-asserting1821

protrusive1841

self-assertive1849

aggressive1855

self-assertory1867

perkisha1870

pushful1871

pushy1874

forritsome1894

chesty1900

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 144 And now I think I may be cocky, Since fortune has smurtl'd on me.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii. 101 He looked the cockiest little man of all little men.

1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim v. 50 He wouldn't be terrified with a pack of lies by a cocky half-bred little quill-driver.

2000 Pract. Classics June 110/2 Once you get cocky about something, life has a way of smacking you in the mouth.

2003 Face June 59/1 Born with incandescent ability, she became a fearless ‘turn’ performer, a cocky, confident kid who preferred the company of adults.

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

cockyv.

Brit.

/ˈkɒki/, U.S.

/ˈkɑki/, Australian English

/ˈkɔki/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cocky n.²

Etymology: < cocky n.² Compare slightly earlier cockying n.

Australian colloquial. Now chiefly historical.

intransitive. To work as a farmer on a small scale. Cf. cocky n.² 2, cockatoo v. 1. Chiefly in present participle. Cf. cockying n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > [verb (intransitive)] > types of farming

to farm (also hold, etc.) off-hand1807

sharecrop1893

cocky1899

share-farm1903

nest1918

1899 Leader (Melbourne) 27 May 29/1 The valley of the Upper King where we had been cockying.

1909 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Apr. 13/4 Until you have manufactures, and more people in the towns, cockying here won't make any Jimmy Tysons.

1973 P. A. Smith Barcoo Salute 140 I was cockying until then, but with the depression and then the drought, I went broke like lots more.

2001 B. Marsh Great Austral. Shearing Stories 20 After that I took off cockying, then, I was around thirty-four I come back..and started shearing again.

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

n.¹1680

n.²1830

n.³1931

adj.1549

v.1899

单词	cocky
释义	cockyn.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒki/, U.S. /ˈkɑki/, Irish English /ˈkɑki/ Forms: 1600s– cockie, 1600s– cocky. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. colloquial (chiefly British and Irish English). Originally used as term of endearment for a person of either sex. In later use chiefly as a familiar form of address for a man. Cf. cock n.¹ 14, cocker n.⁷Now much less common than cock and cocker. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 1680 T. Betterton Revenge i. 2 My Cockie forgets to tell your Worships, that our house being full, we had no Room emptie but the great Parlor below stairs. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. i. 31 Nay look you now if she does not weep—'tis the fondest Fool—Nay Cocky Cocky, nay dear Cocky, don't cry, I was but in Jest. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. ix. 42 Now, cocky, ye may gang about your business. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 491 Gratefully my gude auld Cockie I'm yours for ay. 1888 E. Lyon Ireland's Dream I. vi. 87 Not so fast, my cockie; just stay where you are, till I know whether you'll be wanted. 1968 C. Watson Charity ends at Home 59 ‘Now then, cocky,’ said Mr O'Toole, affably. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockyn.² Brit. /ˈkɒki/, U.S. /ˈkɑki/, Australian English /ˈkɔki/, New Zealand English /ˈkɒki/ Forms: 1800s cockey, 1800s– cockie, 1800s– cocky. Etymology: < cock- (in cockatoo n.) + -y suffix⁶. colloquial. 1. (A pet name for) a cockatoo.Especially common in Australian usage, but also found elsewhere. ΚΠ 1830 T. Hook Maxwell II. ii. 26 Added to these, was ‘pretty cocky’ in the window, as before noticed. 1889 Boy's Own Paper 7 Dec. 158/1 Cocky allowed every member of the family to scratch his dusty poll. 1948 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, Austral.) 27 Sept. 2/5 The Prestwich family cocky escaped from its cage. 2013 T. Creed Redstone Station ii. 12 King Henry the Ninth was an ancient sulphur crested cockatoo... He had none of the clichéd vices of talking cockies, such as swearing or hurling insults. 2. Australian and New Zealand. A farmer working a small-scale farm; = cockatoo n. 3. In later use also more generally: any farmer or rural landowner Cf. cow-cocky n. at cow n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > small farmer wool hat1794 smallholder1800 cockatoo1844 cockatoo farmer1844 cockatooer1852 cocky1868 yardland-holder1890 yardlander1891 minifundista1969 1868 Adelaide Observer 24 Oct. 3/4 Let Albury and Hamilton, the German wagons and the ‘Adelaide cockies’ answer for them. 1911 ‘Kiwi’ On the Swag iii. 8 Squatters came up in their buggies and waggonnettes, ‘cockies’ in their spring traps. 1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 82 The cocky had a sheep-run in the foothills of the Coromandel Ranges. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Mar. (QWeekend Suppl.) 19/2 A seminar organised by the Department of Primary Industries..for cockies battling the worst drought in 100 years. Compounds C1. Australian and New Zealand. General use as a modifier and with other nouns, with the sense ‘that is (a) cocky’, (in sense 2), esp. in cocky farmer. ΚΠ 1895 Parl. Deb. (New S. Wales) No. 4. 395 The small ‘cocky’ farmer at Queanbeyan will dismiss his gilded coachman. 1899 H. Lawson in Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Feb. 35/1 It is with the farmer or ‘cockie’ class that the writer is here chiefly concerned. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell ii. 51 If one of the ‘cocky’ specials fell among strangers..he might be wary of the boots that would as soon kick in a strike-breaker's head as not. 2010 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 11 June 9 The mining industry reminds me sometimes of Hanrahan, the cocky farmer from the old John O'Brien poem we read in school. C2. Australian. In terms for things associated with small-scale farmers (see sense 2). cocky chaff n. (also cockies' chaff) husks separated from wheat grain by threshing; wheat chaff. ΚΠ 1883 W. Thompson Let. 7 Jan. in S. Austral. Advertiser (Adelaide) 9 July 3/5 The animals were fed on ‘cockies' chaff’. 1948 J. K. Ewers For Heroes to live In 99 Harvesters bit off the wheat heads, sifted the grain and sent the cocky-chaff streaming out in a following cloud. 2002 Countryman (Perth) 16 May 31/2 He said valuable farm feed resources to the feedlot included straw.., cocky chaff.., cereal and legume hay [etc.]. cocky country n. land or rural areas where the chief occupation is farming on a small scale. ΚΠ 1902 Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland) 22 Mar. 3/7 One might expect to hear this kind of love making up in the cocky country on the Darling Downs, but in a city it seems out of place. 2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 11 May a24 One of the most amazing artists from the region is Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri. He describes his birthplace as ‘white cocky country’. cocky gate n. (also cocky's gate) a rudimentary or makeshift gate made of wire attached to upright battens, often forming a movable section of a wire fence.Cf. Taranaki gate n. at Taranaki n. ΚΠ 1916 Gnowangerup Star (W. Austral.) 28 Oct. Mr. John drew attention to the number of ‘cocky's’ gates on the Amelup-road in Mr. Murray's property. He moved that Mr. Murray be requested to swing suitable gates. 1982 R. Ellis Bush Safari 49 We drove through mulga and bluebush country, every now and then opening a cocky gate as we passed through the large paddocks. 2017 Stock Jrnl. (Nexis) 30 Mar. 42 Mr Arbon has also installed cocky gates on some of the paddocks, made with cyclone fencing, steel posts and threaded rod. cocky's delight n. now rare golden syrup or treacle; = cocky's joy n. ΚΠ 1900 Adelong & Tumut (Austral.) Express 19 Oct. 1/3 I screams [sic] and floating pastry, with cockie's delight. 1985 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 22 Dec. 14/4 I found your nostalgia article on Cocky's Delight (Golden Syrup) very interesting. cocky's joy n. golden syrup or treacle; cf. cocky's delight n. ΚΠ 1901 Evening News (Sydney) 15 May 2/5 Jam and golden syrup (nicknamed ‘cockie's joy’), and margarine for all meals. 1910 C. E. W. Bean On Wool Track v. 64 Cocky's joy is golden syrup in 2-lb. tins, costing seven-pence. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 21 Oct. 135/3 If you don't eat your Vegemite, you can't have any cocky's joy! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockyn.³ Brit. /ˈkɒki/, U.S. /ˈkɑki/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: cockroach n. Etymology: Shortened < cockroach n. (compare -y suffix⁶). colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian). Frequently in plural. A cockroach. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > member of genus Blatta (cockroach) blatta1601 cockroach1616 mill moth1658 twitch-ballock1757 drummer1764 mill beetle1771 kakkerlak1813 roach1822 twitch-clock1843 twitch-cloga1876 cocky1931 1931 Brisbane Courier 7 Feb. 13/8 The spectators had to keep stamping their feet to prevent the fugitive ‘cockies’ from crawling up their legs. 1953 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 28 Oct. 4/4 Sprays..were not known in the ‘good old days’. We found that not one ‘cocky’ ever argued when a cup of boiling water was thrown on him. 2013 P. Broadbent HMS Bermuda Days iv. You can't kill 'em. Royal Navy cockies are the only living creature that they reckon will survive an atomic bomb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockyadj. Brit. /ˈkɒki/, U.S. /ˈkɑki/ Forms: 1500s cockie, 1700s– cocky, 1800s– cockey. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + -y suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier coxy adj. †1. Of a man: having a strong sex drive or great sexual prowess; virile. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous lecherous1303 lickerous1377 cocky1549 cockish?1555 lickering1578 codding1594 salt1598 lickerish1599 rewish1617 tentiginous1631 liquorsome1656 salacious1661 lechering1693 horny1889 horn-mad1893 tomcat1899 whorehopping1954 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 127^v He was not cockie enough to satisfie hir appetite. 2. Conceited, self-important; arrogant, brashly overconfident. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective] crousea1400 crank1499 cockish1551 forward1561 forthyc1565 forthputting?1577 perching1579 perk1579 perking?1584 officious1596 pratchant1596 putting-forth1621 obtrusive1652 petulcous1661 pushing1682 coxy1728 cocky1768 bumptious1801 furthy1808 upsetting1817 perky1820 self-asserting1821 protrusive1841 self-assertive1849 aggressive1855 self-assertory1867 perkisha1870 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 chesty1900 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 144 And now I think I may be cocky, Since fortune has smurtl'd on me. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii. 101 He looked the cockiest little man of all little men. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim v. 50 He wouldn't be terrified with a pack of lies by a cocky half-bred little quill-driver. 2000 Pract. Classics June 110/2 Once you get cocky about something, life has a way of smacking you in the mouth. 2003 Face June 59/1 Born with incandescent ability, she became a fearless ‘turn’ performer, a cocky, confident kid who preferred the company of adults. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cockyv. Brit. /ˈkɒki/, U.S. /ˈkɑki/, Australian English /ˈkɔki/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cocky n.² Etymology: < cocky n.² Compare slightly earlier cockying n. Australian colloquial. Now chiefly historical. intransitive. To work as a farmer on a small scale. Cf. cocky n.² 2, cockatoo v. 1. Chiefly in present participle. Cf. cockying n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [verb (intransitive)] > types of farming to farm (also hold, etc.) off-hand1807 sharecrop1893 cocky1899 share-farm1903 nest1918 1899 Leader (Melbourne) 27 May 29/1 The valley of the Upper King where we had been cockying. 1909 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Apr. 13/4 Until you have manufactures, and more people in the towns, cockying here won't make any Jimmy Tysons. 1973 P. A. Smith Barcoo Salute 140 I was cockying until then, but with the depression and then the drought, I went broke like lots more. 2001 B. Marsh Great Austral. Shearing Stories 20 After that I took off cockying, then, I was around thirty-four I come back..and started shearing again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1680n.²1830n.³1931adj.1549v.1899
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