popet
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Middle French poupette, though it antedates it.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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!
- (rare) A mannikin; a figurine.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “popet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “popet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.