capon

[ key-pon, -puhn ]
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noun
  1. a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.

Origin of capon

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English capun, from Latin capōn- (stem of capō ) “castrated cock”; akin to Greek kóptein “to cut,” Old Church Slavonic skopiti “to castrate”

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How to use capon in a sentence

  • During the repast the girl scarcely spoke; the capon she hardly touched; the claret she merely sipped.

    Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart Isham

British Dictionary definitions for capon

capon

/ (ˈkeɪpən) /


noun
  1. a castrated cock fowl fattened for eating

Origin of capon

1
Old English capun, from Latin cāpō capon; related to Greek koptein to cut off

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