crockery

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English

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WOTD – 13 May 2021

Etymology

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Asetof crockery(sense 2)by theJapaneseceramicdesignerMasahiro Mori.

Fromcrocker(“(obsolete) potter”)+‎-ery(suffixwith the sense ‘a class, group, or collection of’ formingnouns).[1]Crockeris derived fromcrock(“earthenware or stoneware jar or storage container”)+-er(suffix attached to nouns indicating persons whose occupations are indicated by the nouns);crockis fromMiddle Englishcrok,crokke(“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”)[and other forms],fromOld Englishcrocc,crocca(“crock, pot, vessel”)[and other forms],[2][3]fromProto-Germanic*krukkō,*krukkô(“vessel”),fromProto-Indo-European*growg-(“vessel”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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crockery(usuallyuncountable,pluralcrockeries)

  1. Crocksorearthenwarevessels,especiallydomesticutensils,collectively.
    • 1843,W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray,“From Waterford to Cork”, inThe Irish Sketch Book,London, Glasgow:Collins’ Clear-type Press,→OCLC,page60:
      All the street was lined with wretched hucksters and their merchandise of gooseberries, green apples, children's dirty cakes, cheapcrockeries,brushes, and tin-ware; among which objects the people were swarming about busily.
  2. Dishes,plates,and similartablewarecollectively, usually made of someceramicmaterial,usedforservingfoodon andeatingfrom.

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^“crockery,n.”,inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,September 2018;“crockery,n.”,inLexico,Dictionary;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
  2. ^“crokke,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
  3. ^“crock,n.1”,inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,March 2021;“crock1,n.”,inLexico,Dictionary;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

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