Etymology

bawcock

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Today it means: A fine fellow. Full definition →

Old French baud
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The story

  1. Old French · derived frombaud“bold, gay”
  2. English todaybawcock

From Old French baud (“bold, gay”) + cock.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchbaud all →

bawd

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.