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Webster 1913 Edition

Capon

Ca′pon

(kā′p’n or kā′pŭn; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
capon
,
chapoun
, AS.
capūn
(cf. F.
chapon
), L.
capo
, fr. Gr.
κάπων
akin to
κόπτειν
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.
The merry thought of a
capon
.
W. Irving.

Ca′pon

,
Verb.
T.
To castrate; to make a capon of.

Webster 1828 Edition

Capon

CAPON

,
Noun.
A castrated cock; a cock-chicken gelded as soon as he quits his dam, or as soon as he begins to crow.

CAPON

,
Verb.
T.
To castrate, as a cock.

Definition 2024

capón

capón

See also: capon, Capon, and ĉapon

Spanish

Adjective

capón m ‎(feminine singular capona, masculine plural capones, feminine plural caponas)

  1. castrated

Synonyms

Noun

capón m ‎(plural capones)

  1. capon (castrated cockerel)

Venetian

Noun

capón m (plural capóni)

  1. capon

Etymology

From Late Latin root *cappo, *capponem, from Latin capo. Compare English capon, French chapon, Italian cappone, Portuguese capão.

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