porpus

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔː(ɹ)pəs/

Noun

porpus (plural porpuses)

Obsolete spelling of porpoise
- 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue III”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page 194:
  […] he's as fat as a Porpus […]

References

porpus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Middle English

Noun

porpus

Alternative form of porpeys

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