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† supetn.Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sup n.1, -et suffix1. Etymology: Probably < sup n.1 + -et suffix1 (compare forms at sup n.1). Compare supping n.2 2. Compare also earlier sop n.1 and sope n., and later sippet n.2Compare Old French soupelete small piece of bread for dunking (1285), Middle French, French souppette , French soupette small portion of soup (1576), small piece of bread for dunking (1871), showing derivative formations < soupe soup n. In quot. a1382 the word translates post-classical Latin sorbitiuncula small amount of semi-liquid food, e.g. broth (Vulgate), which elsewhere in the same chapter is translated by potage (compare pottage n. and quot. a1425 at supping n.2 2). In the equivalent passage the Douay-Rheims translation uses mess (compare mess n.1 2a). Most translations of the bible based on the Hebrew text have cake, although he exact sense of the underlying Hebrew word is unclear. Obsolete. rare. the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [noun] > suppable food a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Kings xiii. 8 Þe whiche takynge mele mengde to gidere, & meltynge in his eȝyn sche seþede þe soopetis [a1425 Corpus Oxf. supettis, a1425 L.V. soupyngis, L. sorbitiunculas]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1382 |