Etymology

coorie

C3O1O1R1I1E1

Today it means: To crouch, stoop down. Full definition →

Scots coor
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The story

  1. Scots · borrowed fromcoor“cower”
  2. English todaycoorie

From Scots coor (“cower”) + -ie (frequentative).

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