cocatrice
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cocatryse, cocautrice, cockatrise, cokatryce, kokatrice
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cocatriz, from Late Latin calcātrīx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔkəˈtriːs(ə)/
Noun
cocatrice
- basilisk
- Synonyms: basilicke, basilicok
Descendants
- English: cockatrice
References
- “cocatrīce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.