cot-quean

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kot kween]
- /kɒt kwin/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kot kween]
- /kɒt kwin/

Definitions of cot-quean word

noun cot-quean Archaic. a man who busies himself with traditionally women's household duties. 1
noun cot-quean Archaic. a coarse woman. 1
noun cot-quean (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women; an effeminate man. 0
noun cot-quean (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A female cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. 0

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Origin of cot-quean

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50; cot2 + quean

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Parts of speech for Cot-quean

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Cot-quean

cot-quean popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.