pouke
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ppoke, powke, puke
Etymology
From Old English pūca, from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô. The shortening of /uː/ before /k/ is possibly regular; compare souken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːk(ə)/, /ˈpuk(ə)/
Noun
pouke
- A malign spirit or creature.
- (figuratively, rare) A malign person.
Descendants
- English: puck, Puck
References
- “pǒuk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.