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▪ I. pupillate, a. rare.|ˈpjuːpɪlət|
Also pupilate.
[ad. mod.L. pūpillāt-us, f. pūpilla pupil n.2: see -ate2 2.]
= pupilled.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Pūpillātus, applied to the wings of birds and of butterflies when they present circular spots of divers colours, representing..an eye, and in the centre of which exists a black spot resembling a pupil: pupillate.
▪ II. † ˈpupillate, v. Obs. rare—0.
[f. L. pūpillāre + -ate3.]
intr. (See quot.) So † pupiˈllonian [L. pūpillōn-em], one who cries like a peacock.
1623Cockeram, Pupillate, to cry like a Peacocke. 1600Nashe Summers last Will Wks. (Grosart) VI. 132 This Pupillonian in the fooles coate shall haue a cast of martins, & a whiffe. |
