cloke
English
editNoun
editcloke (plural clokes)
Verb
editcloke (third-person singular simple present clokes, present participle cloking, simple past and past participle cloked)
- Archaic spelling of cloak.
- 1926, The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of Ireland, The Order for Morning Prayer
- the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart
- 1926, The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of Ireland, The Order for Morning Prayer
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Northern French cloque, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of clokke.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcloke
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “clōke, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Etymology 2
editUnknown; forms with /tʃ/ are probably influenced by clicchen, which this noun may ultimately be related to.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcloke (plural clokes)
Usage notes
editThis noun is usually only found in the plural.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “clọ̄ke, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Etymology 3
editFrom Middle Dutch clocke.
Noun
editcloke
- Alternative form of clokke
Picard
editEtymology
editFrom Early Medieval Latin clocca, of Gaulish/Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”).
Noun
editcloke f (plural clokes)
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- enm:Animal body parts
- enm:Clothing
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