hoddy-peak

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hoddy-peak

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From hoddydoddy + dialectal peak (“head”).

noun hoddy-peaks · hoddy peak · hoddypeak · huddipeak · huddy-peke

obsolete A fool, person of low intelligence. He sayeth ‘Thou huddy-peke! / Thy learnyng is too lewd, / Thy tongue is not well thewed, / To seek before our grace.’
Similar: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon
obsolete A cuckold, a married man whose wife is unfaithful. But women, through want of wisdom, are grown to such wantonness that upon no occasion they will cross the street to have a glance of some gallant,[…] who, under her husband's (that hoddypeak's) nose must have all the distilling dew of his delicate rose, leaving him only a sweet scent, good enough fo
Similar: Acteon, cornuto, cuck, cuckold, cuckhold, hoddy-peak, skimmington, Vulcanian

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@misc{hoddy_peak_2026,
  title = {hoddy-peak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hoddy-peak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}