Middle English Dictionary Entry
poppen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | poppen v.(2) Also pop(pe, popen, (error) papphe. |
| Etymology | Prob. OF; cp. F (16th-cent.) po(u)piner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To apply cosmetics to (one's face), paint (oneself).
Associated quotations
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2039 : Þe gudman and hys wyfe Had no thyng..Bot þat bouste with þat swete so gude..þat a gentyll woman boght To pop hyr with for scho thoght To mak hyr face swet & clere.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)132/10 : Þere ben þoo þat steerchen or poppen her facis.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1019 : No wyndred browis hadde she, Ne popped hir.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6563 : These vekkes..han veynglori and deliht For to farce and poppe ther visage.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)1368 : It neded noght to papphe hir face, For she was..Ryght agreable of look and chere.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)68/22 : Whi popithe they and paintithe and pluckithe her uisage other-wise thanne God hathe ordeined hem?