[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Given to or characterized by arrogance, boastfulness, defiance, or presumptuousness; self-assertive or self-important; swaggering, strutting. Compare "cocky", "cocksure".

- Of, relating to, characteristic of, or reminiscent of a cockerel or rooster. Now somewhat rare.

- Characteristic of or like a cock; obnoxious, provocative, or otherwise annoying or contemptible.


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Origin:
mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Bale (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. From cock + -ish