capon

[ key-pon, -puhn ]

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noun

a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.

Origin of capon

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

If life has such a thing as an apotheosis, it surely involves truffled capon.
The Queen of the French Kitchen | Katie Baker | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
After office home to dinner, where come in my cozen Snow by chance, and I had a very good capon to dinner.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepys
This, while it may have helped that "belly with fat capon lined," has kept him at peace with himself and the world.
Lincolniana | Andrew Adderup
The so-called capon made a sound like that of a childs drum when it falls to the ground.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock
The mayor opened the door, and called the notary, who was dining with him, to come and pass judgment on the capon.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock

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

a castrated cock fowl fattened for eating

Origin of capon

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

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