Middle English Dictionary Entry
rapok n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rapok n. Also rappok. |
| Etymology | Cp. Scot. dial. rap & ME -ok suf. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A contemptible person, wretch.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1894 : Sche schal dey upon þis grene If þat sche com al in myn honde, Ȝene rappokys wyth here rumpys.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1943 : Þis worthy wylde werld I wagge wyth a wyt; Ȝone rappokys I ruble and al to-rase.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)7006 : By none suche rapokys will I sett.