pumpion

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pumpion

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From Middle French pompon (“melon, cucumber”), from Italian popone (“melon”) (chiefly Tuscan dialect), from Latin pepō, peponis (“large melon”). Doublet of pepo.

noun pumpions · pompion

archaic Pumpkin. “At that end next Mr. Pallet are fritters of pompions, lovage, origanum and oil; and here are a couple of pullets, roasted and stuffed in the manner of Apicius.”

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@misc{pumpion_2026,
  title = {pumpion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pumpion},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}