cotqueanity

English

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Etymology

From cotquean +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɒtˈkwiːnɪti/

Noun

cotqueanity (uncountable)

(obsolete, nonce word) The condition, character, or conduct of a cot-quean.
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv:
  we will thunder thee in pieces for thy cotqueanity

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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