ponce

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English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (kept man), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (pensioner, person living without working).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɒns/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒns

Noun

ponce (plural ponces)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
    1. Synonym of kept man.
    2. Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.
  2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) Synonym of poof: an effeminate male homosexual; any similarly effeminate man.
    • 2000, Sexy Beast (motion picture), spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley):
      Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce.
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Verb

ponce (third-person singular simple present ponces, present participle poncing, simple past and past participle ponced)

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang)

  1. To act as a pimp.
  2. (by extension) To try to get rid of or sell something.
  3. To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
  4. To cadge.
  5. (derogatory) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.
    • 1992, Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide:
      The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins.
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Etymology 2

From French panse (belly).

Noun

ponce (plural ponces)

  1. (Louisiana) The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).
    • 1973, Mercedes Vidrine, Louisiana Lagniappe, Claitor's Law Books and Publishing, →ISBN, page 23:
      STUFFED "PONCE"
      1 small hog ponce
      3 lbs . ground pork
      1 large bell pepper, chopped
      1 large onion head chopped
      []
    • 2016, George Graham, Acadiana Table: Cajun and Creole Home Cooking from the Heart of Louisiana, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 258:
      [] before Escoffier and the five mother sauces, even before Brillat-Savarin, French Acadian cooks in South Louisiana kitchens prepared ponce.

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French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Latin pūmex (via a Late Latin pōmex).

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Noun

ponce f (plural ponces)

  1. pumice
  2. (Quebec) hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or rum

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Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from English punch, from Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, five), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan).

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Noun

ponce m (uncountable)

  1. punch (beverage)

Further reading

  • ponce in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana