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)
- 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!
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- (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