roosterly
English
Etymology
Adjective
roosterly (comparative more roosterly, superlative most roosterly)
- Resembling or characteristic of a rooster.
- 2011, Donis Casey, The Drop Edge of Yonder: An Alafair Tucker Mystery:
- And on the end of the big table sat a pot of chicken and dumplings, the sad but tasty end of a tough red bird who had competently done his roosterly duty all his life, yet through no fault of his own had ended up a criminal.