pucel

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English

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Noun

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pucel (plural pucels)

  1. Obsolete form of pucelle.

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Old English

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Etymology

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Diminutive of pūca (devil, demon), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (goblin, imp), equivalent to pūca +‎ -el. Cognate with Danish pokker (devil, deuce). More at puck.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pūcel m

  1. a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit

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  • Middle English: *poukel (found in names and compounds)

Old French

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Etymology

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Masculine form derived from the feminine pucele.

Noun

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pucel oblique singularm (oblique plural puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative singular puceaus or puceax or puciaus or puciax or pucels, nominative plural pucel)

  1. young, unmarried man
  2. (by extension) virgin (male person who has ever had sexual relations)

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