Noun: capuchin
| Singular | capuchin |
| Plural | capuchins |
Sample Sentences
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“That is something,” said the capuchin, “but not the most essential. Are you certain that he is a Christian?” [1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 50:]
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Of Ermine is his doublet — / His Capuchin gay — [a. 1886, Emily Dickinson, The Guest is gold and crimson:]
Nouns inflected like capuchin
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
First use appears c. 1589, from French capuchin, from earlier capucin, from Italian cappuccino, ultimately from Late Latin cappa (“cape, hood”). See: Italian Nouns '
cappuccino'.