popet – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of popet

Noun: popet
Sg.popet
Pl.popettes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • 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!) [c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Prologue to "Sir Thopas", lines 700–702 (Ellesmere):]

Nouns inflected like popet

ketil-hat, tercelet, cresset, crochet, gauntelet, launcet, popet, cat, pot, wit, roget, halibut, hastelet, mawmet, basket, buffet, cornet, tablet, fret, gnat, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Probably from Middle French poupette, though it antedates it.

Verbs referencing "popet"

English Nouns puppet.

Translations