† cocardn.
Obsolete.
An old fool, simpleton.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > as a result of age
dotea1275
dotarda1393
cocard1393
dotehead1530
doter1568
dotanta1616
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 221 Wher was it euer er this befalle, That any cokard in this wise Betoke his wife for covetise?
a1400–50 Alexander 4472 Þus ȝe comende þaim on knees as cocards suld.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xxiii. 84 If j leyde it doun a gret foole j were, and a gret cokard [Fr. coruart].
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun]
unwisdomc825
unredeeOE
egedec1175
unwitc1175
unwisdomnessa1200
dusileca1225
dusischipa1225
folly?c1225
kangschipe?c1225
unwitshipa1250
unwisenessa1340
cornardy1340
unwithead1340
lewdness1362
nicetyc1380
sotie1390
folitya1400
follinessa1400
foolheada1400
insipiencec1422
fondnessa1425
wanwita1425
cocardyc1430
foltry1440
jopperyc1440
folliheada1450
fonning?a1475
niceheada1475
foltheadc1475
folabilitya1529
daftness1552
foolageness1563
foppery1592
guckry1596
senselessness1606
coxcombry1608
goosery1642
ineptitude1656
fopicalness1660
fopperishness1683
insagacity1808
spoonery1824
spooniness1824
noodleism1830
addle-headedness1835
foolishment1852
insapiency1876
ineptness1877
goosiness1888
inepticality1923
sappiness1943
gormlessness1958
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. lxiv. 100 I see in thee but folye and cokardye [Fr. musardye].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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