Meaning & History
French (adjectival form Crété ‘crested’): nickname for an arrogant individual, from Old French creste ‘crest (of a hill)’ (Late Latin crista), used with reference to the comb of a rooster. Compare Old French crester ‘to strut’.
Date | Editor | Change Summary | |||
9/5/2016, 9:34 PM | LMS | move from given name to surname | |||
9/4/2016, 6:34 PM | anonymous |