puppet
Significado
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- Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
- A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
- (obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
- The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Frecuencia
Guionizado como
pup‧pet
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈpʌpɪt/
Etimoloxía
From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.
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