un-cogged

cogged

[kogd]
adjective
having cogs.

Origin:
1815–25; cog1 + -ed3

un·cogged, adjective
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Word Origin & History

cog
"tooth on a wheel," mid-13c., probably a borrowing from a Scandinavian language (cf. Norwegian kugg "cog").
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Un-cogged is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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