plunket

English

Noun

plunket (plural plunkets)

  1. Synonym of blunket

References

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • plonket, plunkket, ploncket, plunkett, blunket, plaunket, plonkeut

Etymology

Potentially from Old Northern French blanket; though this etymology is disputed; more at English blunket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplunkɛt/

Noun

plunket (uncountable)

  1. light grey-blue
  2. A blanket or cloth of that color
  3. Light blue dye

Descendants

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Adjective

plunket

  1. light grey-blue
  2. Made of light grey-blue wool

Descendants

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See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak      broun, tawne
             claret              red ; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre              yelow, dorry ; canevas
             grasgrene              grene                           plunket ; ewage
             asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers              violet ; inde              rose, murrey ; purpel
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