capon
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpən/
name
- A surname.
noun
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).
- 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.”
verb
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).
- To castrate; to make a capon of.