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capon

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈkeɪpən/

Definition of capon

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
    “[…] And then, the Iustice / In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd,”
    “[…] You cannot feed capons so.”
    ““With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.””
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noun

  1. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
    “[…] And then, the Iustice / In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd,”
    “[…] You cannot feed capons so.”
    ““With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.””

verb

  1. (transitive)To castrate; to make a capon of.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).

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