
funny word of the day: cockle
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
1cock·le
Pronunciation: \ˈkä-kəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English coccel
Date: before 12th century
: any of several weedy
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cokille, from Middle French coquille shell, modification of Latin conchylia, plural of conchylium, from Greek konchylion, from konchē conch
Date: 14th century
1 : any of various chiefly marine bivalve mollusks (family Cardiidae) having a shell with convex radially ribbed valves; especially : a common edible European bivalve (Cerastoderma edule syn. Cardium edule)
2 : cockleshell
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English kokell, ultimately from Middle French coquillé wavy or rounded like a shell, from coquille
Date: 15th century
— cockle verb
Growing up I always heard the below phrase and had no idea what it meant. Now I do -- and it just warms the cockles of my heart!
cockles of the heart
Etymology: perhaps from 2cockle
Date: 1671
: the core of one's being —usually used in the phrase warm the cockles of the heart
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