pucel
English
Noun
pucel (plural pucels)
- Obsolete form of pucelle.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pucel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- culpe, cupel, pecul
Old English
Etymology
Diminutive of pūca (“devil, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“goblin, imp”), equivalent to pūca + -el. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuː.kel/
Noun
pūcel m
- a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūcel | pūclas |
| accusative | pūcel | pūclas |
| genitive | pūcles | pūcla |
| dative | pūcle | pūclum |
Related terms
- pūca
Descendants
- Middle English: *poukel (found in names and compounds)
- English: puckle
Old French
Etymology
Masculine form derived from the feminine pucele.
Noun
pucel m (oblique plural puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative singular puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative plural pucel)
- young, unmarried man
- (by extension) virgin (male person who has ever had sexual relations)
Declension
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | pucels | pucele |
| Oblique | pucel | pucele | |
| Plural | Subject | pucel | puceles |
| Oblique | pucels | puceles |
Descendants
- French: puceau