cudden
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌdən/
- Rhymes: -ʌdən
Etymology 1
Compare Scots cuddy (“an ass”).
Noun
cudden (plural cuddens)
- (obsolete) A clown; a slow-witted rustic
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- the slavering cudden, propped upon his staff
Etymology 2
See cuddy.
Noun
cudden (plural cuddens)
References
- “cudden”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Verb
cudden