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Etymology
From pop + -et.
Noun
popet m (plural popets)
- diminutive of pop (“octopus”)
- The young of the curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) eaten as food.
1962, Mercè Rodoreda, La plaça del diamant:Vam entrar al Monumental a fer el vermut i menjar popets.- We went into the Monumental to have aperitifs and eat octopus.
Middle English
Etymology
Probably from Middle French poupette, though it antedates it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔpɛt/, /ˈpoːpɛt/, /ˈpupɛt/
Noun
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
References
- “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.