Noun: pumpion
| Singular | pumpion |
| Plural | pumpions |
Sample Sentences
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“At that end next Mr. Pallet are fritters of pompions, lovage, origanum and oil; and here are a couple of pullets, roasted and stuffed in the manner of Apicius.” [1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:]
Nouns inflected like pumpion
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
From Middle French pompon (“melon, cucumber”), from Italian popone (“melon”) (chiefly Tuscan dialect), from Latin pepō, peponis (“large melon”). Doublet of pepo. See: Italian Nouns '
popone', Latin Nouns '
pepō'.