porpeys

Middle English

Alternative forms

• perpes, porpais, porpas, purpays, porpes, porpeyse, porpos, porpoys, porpus, purpaysse, purpeys, purpois, purpose, purpoys

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French porpeis, from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis; compare pork.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrˈpæi̯s/, /ˈpɔrpis/

Noun

porpeys

1. porpoise (cetacean of family Phocoenidae)

   Synonyms: (rare) brunswyn, mereswyn

2. porpoise meat (as food)

   Synonym: (rare) tumberel

Descendants

• English: porpoise
• Scots: porpoise

References

• “porpeis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.