Noun: popet
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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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