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单词 popet
释义

popet

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • poopet, poepet

Etymology

Probably from Middle French poupette, though it antedates it.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔpɛt/, /ˈpoːpɛt/, /ˈpupɛt/

Noun

popet (plural popettes)

  1. A small or young person.
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Prologue to "Sir Thopas", lines 700–702 (Ellesmere):
      He in the wast is shape as wel as I; / This were a popet in an arm t’enbrace / For any womman smal and fair of face!
      He in the waist is made as nice as I; / This would be a popet in one's arms to embrace / For any woman small and fair of face!
  2. (rare) A mannikin; a figurine.

Descendants

  • English: puppet, poppet

References

  • popet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • popet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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