porpeys
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- perpes, porpais, porpas, purpays, porpes, porpeyse, porpos, porpoys, porpus, purpaysse, purpeys, purpois, purpose, purpoys
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French porpeis, from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis; compare pork.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]porpeys
- porpoise (cetacean of family Phocoenidae)
- porpoise meat (as food)
- Synonym: (rare) tumberel
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “porpeis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.