hoker
See also: höker
English
Etymology
From Middle English hoker, hocour, from Old English hōcor.
Noun
hoker (uncountable)
- (obsolete) scorn; derision; abusive talk
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: Reeve's Prologue and Tale
- She was as digne as water in a dich, / As ful of hoker and of bismare.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: Reeve's Prologue and Tale
Derived terms
- hokerly
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hoker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhokɛɾ/
- Hyphenation: ho‧ker
Noun
hoker f
- (grammar) adverb