capoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• capon, capun, capen, kapon, kapoun, capwn, chapoun, chapon

Etymology

From a combination of Old Northern French capon and Old English capūn, both from Latin capo (Vulgar Latin *cappo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːpuːn/, /ˈkaːpun/, /ˈkaːpən/

Noun

capoun (plural capouns)

1. A capon; a cooked castrated cockerel.
2. A eunuch; a castrated human.

Descendants

• English: capon
• Scots: capon (obsolete)

References

• “cāpǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.