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/ˈkɒtkwiːn/ · noun
(obsolete, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; an effeminate man..
Go, you cot-quean, go. Get you to bed!
A stateswoman is as ridiculous a creature as a cot-quean. Each of the sexes should keep within its particular bounds, and content themselves to excel within their respective districts.
What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? Will she paint it so horribly? We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures, and we will cudgel thee to death if thou find fault with us.
Use cot-quean when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cot-quean means (obsolete, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; an effeminate man..
Common synonyms include betty, cot-betty, henhussy, sissy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Go, you cot-quean, go. Get you to bed!
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