alectoromachy

English

Alternative forms

• alectryomachy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτορομαχία (alektoromakhía), from ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr) + μάχη (mákhē) + -ία (-ía).

Noun

alectoromachy (uncountable)

1. (rare) cockfighting
   • 1872, Stephen Powers, Afoot and alone: a walk from sea to sea by the southern route:

     In the long mud-barracks some of them are reading the Bible, more are playing cards, betting, swearing, yelling according to the most approved precedents of alectoromachy.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “alectoromachy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)