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Meaning of cockhorse | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
  2. Lofty in feeling; exultant, proud, upstart.
    figuratively

Examples

“[Y]et I needs muſt ſee / Our painted fooles and cockehorſe peſſantry, / Still ſtill vſurpe, with long liues, loues and luſt, / The feats of vertue; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cockie cockier cockiest cocking cockish cockled

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