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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
- scorn; derision; abusive talk
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Reues Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
References
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːˈkɛɾ/
- Hyphenation: ho‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɛɾ
Noun
hoker f
- (grammar) adverb