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verb
To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
convert a cock into a capon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: caponise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
History
Etymology tree English capon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English caponize From capon + -ize.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
