flagon
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flagon
- /ˈflæɡ(ə)n/ US, UK
- /ˈfleɪ̯ɡ(ə)n/
Rhymes with -æɡən
Where it comes from
From Middle English flagon, flakon [and other forms], from Middle French flacon, Old French flacon, flascon (“flask”) (modern French flacon (“vial”)), from Medieval Latin flascōnem, the accusative singular of Late Latin flascō (“bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle; flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to braid, plait”) (from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, weave”). The English word is a doublet of flacon, flask, and fiasco.
Cognates
* Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”)
* Old High German flasca, flaska (“bottle, flask”) (German Flasche)
* Old Norse flaska (Danish flaske)
noun flagons · flaggon
- A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically (Christianity), such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion. Did they coyn Piss-pots, Bowls, and Flaggons, / Int' Officers of Horse and Dragoons; / And into Pikes and Musqueteers / Stamp Beakers, Cups, and Porringers?
- A flagon and its contents; as much as fills such a vessel. A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; […]
- A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers. [G]o thou in an hermytage of myn here by⸝ and there ſhalt thow bere with the of my wyn in two flagans of ſiluer⸝ they ar of two galons⸝ and alſo two caſt of brede with fatte veneſon bake and deynte foules⸝ […]
- The amount that such a bottle holds, about 2 pints or 1 litre. Three Jolly Coachmen sat, all in an English tavern, Three Jolly Coachmen sat, all in an English tavern, And they decided that, and they decided that, And they decided that: they'd have another flagon.
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noun large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; such a vessel used to hold the wine f
| 中文 | 酒壺 /酒壶 jiǔhú |
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