CAPON

capon

(noun) castrated male chicken

capon

(noun) flesh of a castrated male chicken

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Capon

A surname.

Anagrams

• Ponca, capno-, pocan, pocán

Etymology

Noun

capon (plural capons)

A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.

Verb

capon (third-person singular simple present capons, present participle caponing, simple past and past participle caponed)

(transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.

Anagrams

• Ponca, capno-, pocan, pocán

Source: Wiktionary


Ca"pon, n. Etym: [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. skopiti to casrate. CF. Comma.]

Definition: A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak. The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving.

Ca"pon, v. t.

Definition: To castrate; to make a capon of.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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