hoker
See also: höker
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English hōcor, from Proto-Germanic *hōhaz (“mockery, insult, ridicule”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *kenk- (“peg, hook, handle; to be sharp”).
Noun
hoker
- scorn; derision; abusive talk
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Reues Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- She was as digne as water in a dich, / As ful of hoker and of bisemare.
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References
- “hoker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːˈkɛɾ/
- Hyphenation: ho‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɛɾ
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