cockweed

English

Etymology

cock +‎ weed

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Noun

cockweed (plural cockweeds)

1. (uncountable) peppergrass
   • 1752, Robert Ainsworth, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarius:

     Spanish pepper , dittander, or cockweed

2. (slang, vulgar) An obnoxious fool.

References

• “cockweed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.