"copus" meaning in English

See copus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: copuses [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from hippocras. Head templates: {{en-noun}} copus (plural copuses), {{tlb|en|UK|slang|obsolete|University of Cambridge}} (UK, slang, obsolete, Cambridge University)
  1. A mug.
    Sense id: en-copus-en-noun-o3Xa8L1H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37
  2. A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc.
    Sense id: en-copus-en-noun-~8mkhUDV Categories (other): British English, Cambridge University English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of British English: 40 60 Disambiguation of Cambridge University English: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from hippocras.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "copuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "copus (plural copuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "UK",
        "3": "slang",
        "4": "obsolete",
        "5": "University of Cambridge"
      },
      "expansion": "(UK, slang, obsolete, Cambridge University)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              97,
              102
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1835, Richard Gooch, Oxford and Cambridge Nuts to Crack, page 25:",
          "text": "PORSON, Whose very name conjures up the spirits of ten thousand wits, holding both sides, over a copus of Trinity ale and a classical pun, would not only frequently “steal a few hours from the night,” but see out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mug."
      ],
      "id": "en-copus-en-noun-o3Xa8L1H",
      "links": [
        [
          "mug",
          "mug"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cambridge University English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              144,
              151
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1855, Thomas Gray, William Mason, John Mitford, The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason, page 352:",
          "text": "We beg you would not stand fiddling about it, but be married forthwith, and then take chaise, and come […] all the way to Cambridge […] for our copuses and Welsh rabbits are impatient for you.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-copus-en-noun-~8mkhUDV",
      "links": [
        [
          "ale",
          "ale"
        ],
        [
          "spice",
          "spice"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "copus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "British English",
    "Cambridge University English",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English obsolete terms",
    "English slang",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from hippocras.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "copuses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "copus (plural copuses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "UK",
        "3": "slang",
        "4": "obsolete",
        "5": "University of Cambridge"
      },
      "expansion": "(UK, slang, obsolete, Cambridge University)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              97,
              102
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1835, Richard Gooch, Oxford and Cambridge Nuts to Crack, page 25:",
          "text": "PORSON, Whose very name conjures up the spirits of ten thousand wits, holding both sides, over a copus of Trinity ale and a classical pun, would not only frequently “steal a few hours from the night,” but see out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mug."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mug",
          "mug"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              144,
              151
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1855, Thomas Gray, William Mason, John Mitford, The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason, page 352:",
          "text": "We beg you would not stand fiddling about it, but be married forthwith, and then take chaise, and come […] all the way to Cambridge […] for our copuses and Welsh rabbits are impatient for you.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ale",
          "ale"
        ],
        [
          "spice",
          "spice"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "copus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for copus meaning in English (1.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.