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Capon

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

ca=pon

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Capon has 2 senses

capon(n = noun.food) - flesh of a castrated male chicken;

capon(n = noun.animal) - castrated male chicken;

is a kind of

chicken

gallus gallus

Derived forms verb caponise₁, verb caponize₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Capon, n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. ka`pwn akin to ko`ptein to cut, OSlav. skopiti to castrate. Cf. Comma.].

A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"The merry thought of a capon." [1913 Webster]

Capon, v. t.

To castrate; to make a capon of. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Capon, n. a domestic cock castrated and fattened for eating.

Derivative

caponize v.tr. (also -ise).

Etymology

OE f. AF capun, OF capon, ult. f. L capo -onis

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ROGET THESAURUS

Capon

Man
N man, male, he, him, manhood, gentleman, sir, master, sahib, yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man, husband, Mr, mister, boy, cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion, gibcat, tomcat, he goat, Billy goat, ram, tup, bull, bullock, capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot, androgen, homosexual, gay, queen, male, he-, masculine, manly, virile, unwomanly, unfeminine, Pron, he, him, his, hominem pagina nostra sapit, homo homini aut deus aut lupus, homo vitae commodatus non donatus est.