roosterness

English

Etymology

rooster +‎ -ness

Noun

roosterness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a rooster, or having characteristics typical of a rooster; cockiness.
    • 1959, Elizabeth Enright, The Riddle of the Fly: & Other Stories, page 153:
      "That was another reason for my roosterness. A novel written and accepted by a publishing house, and I was nineteen years old. Nineteen!" he said, laughing again and shaking his massive head […]
    • 1991, Isaiah Oke, Joe Wright, Blood Secrets, page 9:
      At last, having gained confidence in his identity, he stopped and let out a crow of pride in his roosterness. Then he stepped over to me and looked up, his head cocked to one side.
    • 2008, José Santaemilia, Patricia Bou, Gender and sexual identities in transition, page 124:
      Mihalis accepts his role as a rooster, but focuses on another aspect of roosterness; i.e. being masculine: "I'll be a rooster crowing in the hen coop, but you'll be a hen and I'll be bothering you" (lines 7-9).
    • 2008, Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible:
      They jerk up their feet with cocky roosterness as if they have not yet heard about the two-legged beasts who are going to make slaves of their wives.
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