puppet
/ˈpʌpɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
noun
A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
Example Sentences
- "These men , from no worse motive that could be discovered than a thirst after knowledge beyond their sphere , committed burglary upon the barn in which the puppets had been consigned to repose"
- "Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon."
Etymology
From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpʌpɪt/
- British English: /ˈpʌpɪt/