cocatrice

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cocatryse, cocautrice, cockatrise, cokatryce, kokatrice

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cocatriz, from Late Latin calcātrīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔkəˈtriːs(ə)/

Noun

cocatrice

1. basilisk

   Synonyms: basilicke, basilicok

Descendants

• English: cockatrice

References

• “cocatrīce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.