cod

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PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɒd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɑd/

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• Rhymes: -ɒd
• (in General American: Rhymes: -ɑːd

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English codd, from Proto-Germanic *kuddaz.

NounEdit

cod (plural cods)

1. (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

2. (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XV:

     And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)

3. (now rare) The scrotum (also in plural).
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.4:

     that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)

4. (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Derived termsEdit

• codpiece

TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately the same as Etymology 1, above.

NounEdit

cod (usually uncountable, plural cod or cods)

1. A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
2. A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus, such as the rock cod.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Origin unknown.

NounEdit

cod (plural cods)

1. A joke or an imitation.

   I assume it all could just be a cod.

2. A stupid or foolish person.

   He's making a right cod of himself.

AdjectiveEdit

cod (comparative more cod, superlative most cod)

1. Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).

   “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.

   Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod-classical bombast”.

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

cod (third-person singular simple present cods, present participle codding, simple past and past participle codded)

1. (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.

Derived termsEdit

• codswallop

AnagramsEdit

• CDO
• doc, Doc, DOC
• OCD
• ODC

NounEdit

cod (plural cods)

1. scrotum

Derived termsEdit

• codpiece

EtymologyEdit

From Old Danish kodde or Old Norse koddi.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɒd/

NounEdit

cod (plural cods)

1. pillow