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ceiliog

Pronunciation: /ˈkei̯ljɔɡ/

“ceiliog” is a Welsh word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cock, cockerel, rooster
  2. the male of any bird species
  3. plucky person
  4. weathercock
  5. cock (of gun)
  6. clevis, plough-cock
  7. snack taken by quarrymen way to work
  8. playboy (slang)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh keilyawc, from Proto-Brythonic *kėljọg, from Proto-Celtic *kalyākos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₁- (“call”).

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