meacock

n. <古>懦夫, 脂粉气的男子

词形变化

meacocks 复数 meacocks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man; a meek man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked.

    废旧

    Earl: A man that as much knowledge has of war / As I of brewing mead ! ... A bookish nursling of the monks—a meacock !

词源

Probably a blend of meek + peacock, or from meek + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). For cock in a diminutive, see also niddicock.

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