Meaning
Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
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.
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