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Definition cod
Etymology 1
From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew-, *g?- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Cognate with Scots cod, codd, coad, kod (“pillow, cushion”), Low German Koden, Kon (“belly, paunch”), Middle Dutch codde (“scrotum”), Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).
Noun
cod (plural cods)
- (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
- (Britain, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
- (now rare) The scrotum (also in plural).
- (obsolete or Britain dialectal, Scotland) A pillow or cushion.
Etymology 2
From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin:
Noun
cod (usually uncountable, plural cod or cods)
- The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua.
- The sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, as inclusive of the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).
- The sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus).
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other unrelated fish which are similarly important to regional fisheries, as the hapuku and cultus cod.
- (informal, usually with qualifiers) Other unrelated fish which resemble the Atlantic cod, as the rock cod (Lotella rhacina) and blue cod (Parapercis colias).
Etymology 3
Origin unknown. Attested in reference to a person (though not always a stupid or foolish person) from the end of the 17th century. The Oxford English Dictionary (1891) notes that a suggested link to codger is unlikely, as cod appears much earlier.
Noun
cod (plural cods)
Adjective
cod (comparative more cod, superlative most cod)
- Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
- (Polari) Bad.
Verb
cod (third-person singular simple present cods, present participle codding, simple past and past participle codded)
- (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.
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