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pennoncel

noun

Etymology

From Middle English penoncel, from Old French penuncel, diminutive of penon (“pennon”). See pennon, pennant. By surface analysis, pen + French -on (“diminutive”) + Old French -cel (“diminutive”).

  1. derived from penuncel
  2. inherited from penoncel

Definitions

  1. A small pennon (a thin flag or streamer).

    • Where the raiding parties had once streamed along the highways with fluttering pennoncels, now there were merry bands of pilgrims telling each other dirty stories on the way to Canterbury.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pennoncel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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