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Moppet
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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World English Dictionary
| moppet (ˈmɒpɪt) | |
| —n | |
| a less common word for poppet | |
| [C17: from obsolete mop rag doll; of obscure origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
moppet
1601, "endearing term for a baby, a girl, etc.," from M.E. moppe "little child, baby doll" (c.1440) + -et, dim. suffix. The M.E. word also meant "simpleton, fool," and may have been cognate with Low Ger. mop "simpleton." Or, if "baby doll" is the original sense in M.E., perhaps from L. mappa "napkin,
EXPANDtablecloth," hence "rag doll."
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