goblet

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English

A ceramic goblet from Navdatoli, Malwa, 1300 B.C.

Etymology

From Middle English goblet (= Middle Low German gobelet, kobelet (goblet)), from Old French gobellet, diminutive of gobel, from or related to the verb gober (to ingest).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɒblət/
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Noun

goblet (plural goblets)

  1. A drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
    sup wine from a goblet
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 190:
      At first Enkidu gags on the food, but then he grows to like the strong drink and takes seven goblets, until his face glows.

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