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Puss
Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.]1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation. 2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen. Puss in the corner, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one. Puss moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to Cerura, Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.
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Language Translation for : puss
Spanish:
minino,
German:
die Mietze,
Japanese:
猫
puss (1)
"cat," 1530, but probably much older than the record, perhaps imitative of the hissing sound commonly used to get a cat's attention. A conventional name for a cat in Gmc. languages and as far off as Afghanistan; it is the root of the principal word for "cat" in Romanian (pisica) and secondary words in Lith. (puz), Low Ger. (puus), Swed. dial. katte-pus, etc.
puss (2)
"the face," 1890, slang, from Ir. pus "lip, mouth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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