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hoddypeak
† ˈhoddypeak Obs. Forms: 6 hody-, hodi-, hodie-, hoddy-, huddi-, -peke, -peeke, -peak(e, -peck. [f. hoddy (see hoddy-dod) + peak n. or v., but the sense is obscure.] A fool, simpleton, noodle, blockhead.1500 in Furniv. Ball. fr. MSS. I. 254 Who dwelleth here, wyll no man speke? Is there no fole nor ...
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noddypeak
† ˈnoddypeak Obs. rare. Also 7 noddi(e)-. [var. of hoddypeak (see N 3), perh. under the influence of noddypoll.] A fool. Also attrib.1611 Cotgr., Bauc, a sot, asse, doult, dull-pated noddi⁓peake. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. xxv. 116 Ninnie-hammer flycatchers, noddiepeak simpletons. 1694 Motteux Rabela...
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peak
▪ I. peak, n.2 (piːk) Forms: 6 pek, peke, 6–7 peake, 8 peek, 7– peak. [Known from 16th c. as a later equivalent of pike n.1; in 15th c. the deriv. peked, peaked, appears as an equivalent of piked. The phonetic relations are difficult to understand; but cf. MLG. pêk, peik, ‘pick, pike, pointed iron i...
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