crockard
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
name
A surname.
Etymology
From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin. Possibilities include: * that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard. * that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”). * that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).