different between valiant vs cocky

English

Etymology

From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin val?re, the present active infinitive of vale? (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?væ.lj?nt/, /?va.l?.?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?væ.lj?nt/
• Hyphenation: va?liant, va?li?ant

Adjective

valiant (comparative more valiant, superlative most valiant)

1. Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.

   Synonyms: bold, valorous; see also Thesaurus:brave

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
2. Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.

Alternative forms

• valiaunt (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

valiant (plural valiants)

1. (obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.

References

Further reading

• valiant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Latvian, Talivan

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?k?ki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ki/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?k?ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Etymology 1

From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +? -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).

Adjective

cocky (comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)

1. Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant

Alternative forms

• cockey
• cockie (rare)

Translations

Etymology 2

From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +? -y (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cocky (plural cockies)

1. (chiefly Britain, Ireland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.

Alternative forms

• cockey
• cockie

Translations

Etymology 3

The noun is derived from cock(atoo) +? -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

cocky (plural cockies) (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal)

1. A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
2. (also attributively) Short for cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.

   Synonyms: cockatoo, crofter

Usage notes

In New Zealand, cocky (sense 2) is often synonymous with sheep cocky (“a sheep farmer”), due to the relative importance of the industry.

Alternative forms

• cockey
• cockie

Derived terms

Verb

cocky (third-person singular simple present cockies, present participle cockying, simple past and past participle cockied)

1. (intransitive, chiefly Australia, informal, historical) To operate a small-scale farm.

   Synonym: cockatoo

Alternative forms

• cockey

Translations

References