caponet
English
Alternative forms
- caponette
Etymology
capon + -et
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkeɪpəˈnɛt/
Noun
caponet (plural caponets)
- A young capon.
- 1624, George Chapman, Juvenal's Fifth Satire
- Some little fragments , that his haunches wore;
Or sure that caponet.
- Some little fragments , that his haunches wore;
- 1624, George Chapman, Juvenal's Fifth Satire
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 caponet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- patonce, potance