supercook

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noun

An exceptional cook.

OriginEnglish cook ← Middle English cook ← Old English cōc →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounsupercook (plural supercooks)

plural supercooks

  1. An exceptional cook.

    She was a supercook. In my mind she was the real Wonder Woman. There didn't seem to be anything she couldn't do.

    2008, Robert Lee Scarborough, The Man Who Saved the United States
    1 more example

    When America had finally swung into war he offered himself as a supercook and was actually put in charge of the mess halls and kitchens of barracks.

    1951, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, God's Men

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  10. Latin*quoquō
  11. Latincoquō
  12. Latincoquus
  13. Vulgar Latin*cocus
  14. Old Englishcōc
  15. Middle Englishcook
  16. Englishcook
  17. Englishsupercook

From super- + cook.

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APA

supercook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercook

MLA

“supercook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supercook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercook.

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