This week’s theme
Words that sound dirty

This week’s words
tittup
assize
crunt
cockade
fallacious

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ko-KAYD)

MEANING:

noun: An ornament, such as a rosette or a knot of ribbons, worn as a badge on a hat, lapel, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French cocarde, from Old French coquarde, feminine of coquard (vain, arrogant), from coc (cock), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1709.

NOTES:

Not sure if cockade would become ade one day, but cockroach did turn into roach because the word has a supposedly dirty four-letter combination. In reality, the word is an anglicization of Spanish cucaracha.
Unfortunately, many schools and corporations will block this issue of A.Word.A.Day and as a result readers in those places will be deprived of this essential knowledge for success in modern life.

USAGE:

“His cockade, a circular piece of fabric in red, white, and blue, bobbed as he moved.”
Shana Galen; Traitor in Her Arms; Loveswept; 2017.

See more usage examples of cockade in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: