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corky.

Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

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Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

    This wine smells a bit corky; get me another bottle.

  2. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder.? ▲ Latin cortexder. Mozarabic *kórčo, *kórčeder.? Spanish corchobor. Middle Dutch curcder. Middle English cork English cork English -y English corky From cork (“stopper”) + -y.

noun

  1. A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.

    Australia · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder.? ▲ Latin cortexder. Mozarabic *kórčo, *kórčeder.? Spanish corchobor. Middle Dutch curcder. Middle English cork English cork English -y English corky From cork (“injure by a blow”) + -y.

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