Lexicographical Neighbors of Pupus
Literary usage of Pupus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... Whole number of pupUs In the Bute 214121 Decrease »»4746 Increase over b-4
597 Average daily attendance In winter schools 99,%4 Decrease i : i . ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language by Francis Edward Jackson Valpy (1828)
"Specially applied to one under age, who has ceased to be in his father's power
either by death or by emancipation ; a ward, orphan. Fr. pupus. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Fern, of pupus, a boy, child. Allied to pu-tus, pu-sus, pu-er, a boy ; from y'
PU, to beget ; see Puerile. Der. pup-il, pupp-et, ..."
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