hoker

See also: höker

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English hōcor, from Proto-Germanic *hōhaz (“mockery, insult, ridicule”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *kenk- (“peg, hook, handle; to be sharp”).

Noun

hoker

1. scorn; derision; abusive talk
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Reues Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     She was as digne as water in a dich, / As ful of hoker and of bisemare.

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References

• “hoker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːˈkɛɾ/
• Hyphenation: ho‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɛɾ

Noun

hoker f

1. (grammar) adverb