Contek with bloody knife. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
contek — contek(e, our etc.: see conteck, etc … Useful english dictionary
contek — sb. == strife. RG. 470, 509. Fr. contencer v. n. == to strive. RG. 259 … Oldest English Words
contek — /kantek/ L. Fr. A contest, dispute, disturbance, opposition. Conteckours; brawlers; disturbers of the peace … Black's law dictionary
contek — /kantek/ L. Fr. A contest, dispute, disturbance, opposition. Conteckours; brawlers; disturbers of the peace … Black's law dictionary
contek — Strife; contention; contestation … Ballentine's law dictionary
conteke — contek(e, our etc.: see conteck, etc … Useful english dictionary
cantankerous — [18] Cantankerous is a rather mysterious word. It first appears in the 1770s, and the earliest known reference to it is in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer 1772: ‘There’s not a more bitter cantanckerous road in all christendom’. Its… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cantankerous — [18] Cantankerous is a rather mysterious word. It first appears in the 1770s, and the earliest known reference to it is in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer 1772: ‘There’s not a more bitter cantanckerous road in all christendom’. Its… … Word origins
Обри, Джеймс — Джеймс Обри James Aubrey Дата рождения: 28 августа 1947(1947 08 28) Место рождения: Клагенфурт, Каринтия, Австрия … Википедия
cantankerous — /kænˈtæŋkərəs / (say kan tangkuhruhs) adjective ill natured; quarrelsome; perverse or contrary, as in disposition: *He was being defied on all sides, and was becoming cantankerous about it. –frank hardy, 1950. {? from Middle English contek… …
