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flagon

noun
/ˈflæɡ(ə)n/US/ˈfleɪ̯ɡ(ə)n/

Etymology

From Middle English flagon, flakon [and other forms], from Middle French flacon, Old French flacon, flascon (“flask”) (modern French flacon (“vial”)), from Medieval Latin flascōnem, the accusative singular of Late Latin flascō (“bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle; flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to braid, plait”) (from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, weave”). The English word is a doublet of flacon, flask, and fiasco. Cognates * Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) * Old High German flasca, flaska (“bottle, flask”) (German Flasche) * Old Norse flaska (Danish flaske)

  1. derived from *pleḱ-✻ — “to fold; to plait, weave”
  2. derived from *flehtaną✻ — “to braid, plait”
  3. derived from *flaskǭ✻ — “bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”
  4. derived from *flaska✻ — “bottle; flask”
  5. derived from flascō — “bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”
  6. derived from flascōnem
  7. derived from flacon
  8. derived from flacon
  9. inherited from flagon

Definitions

  1. A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving…

    A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically (Christianity), such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion.

    • Did they coyn Piss-pots, Bowls, and Flaggons, / Int' Officers of Horse and Dragoons; / And into Pikes and Musqueteers / Stamp Beakers, Cups, and Porringers?
    • Should I ever fill the throne, every Scots lad shall have his flagon in one hand, and the other around his lass's neck, and manhood shall be tried by kisses and bumpers, not by dirks and dourlachs; […]

  2. A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine

    A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.

    • [G]o thou in an hermytage of myn here by⸝ and there ſhalt thow bere with the of my wyn in two flagans of ſiluer⸝ they ar of two galons⸝ and alſo two caſt of brede with fatte veneſon bake and deynte foules⸝ […]
    • Bring forth your Flaggons (fill'd with sparkling Wine) / Whereon swolne Bacchvs, crowned with a Vine, / Is grauen, and fill out, / It well bestowing, / To eu'ry Man about, / In Goblets flowing: […]
    • They got there bread, and butter, and cheese and apples; the last of the winter store, wrinkled but sound and sweet; and a leather flagon of new-drawn ale, and wooden platters and cups.

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Derived

flagonet, flagonless, swill-flagon

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA