rooster
n.
1772, agent noun from roost, v.; earlier roost cock, c.1600, in sense of "the roosting bird." Favored in the U.S. originally as a puritan alternative to cock, n. after it had acquired the secondary sense "penis" (and compare roach).
| 词汇 | rooster |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary rooster n. 1772, agent noun from roost, v.; earlier roost cock, c.1600, in sense of "the roosting bird." Favored in the U.S. originally as a puritan alternative to cock, n. after it had acquired the secondary sense "penis" (and compare roach). |
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