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roosterness

noun

Etymology

From rooster + -ness.

  1. inherited from *hrōstaz✻ — “wooden framework; grill”
  2. inherited from *hrōst✻
  3. inherited from hrōst — “wooden framework of a roof; roost”
  4. inherited from roste — “chicken's roost; perch”
  5. suffixed as rooster — “roost + er”
  6. suffixed as roosterness — “rooster + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a rooster, or having characteristics typical of a rooster

    The quality of being a rooster, or having characteristics typical of a rooster; cockiness.

    • "That was another reason for my roosterness. A novel written and accepted by a publishing house, and I was nineteen years old. Nineteen!" he said, laughing again and shaking his massive head […]
    • At last, having gained confidence in his identity, he stopped and let out a crow of pride in his roosterness. Then he stepped over to me and looked up, his head cocked to one side.
    • Mihalis accepts his role as a rooster, but focuses on another aspect of roosterness; i.e. being masculine: "I'll be a rooster crowing in the hen coop, but you'll be a hen and I'll be bothering you" (lines 7-9).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for roosterness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA