Word Study
crumpet
CIDE DICTIONARY
crumpet, n. [Prob. from W. crempog, crammwgth, a pancake or fritter.].
- A kind of large, thin, unsweetened muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider, or sometimes toasted. [1913 Webster]
- a sexually attractive woman. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crumpet, n.
1 a soft flat cake of a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered.
2 Brit. joc. or offens. a a sexually attractive person, esp. a woman. b women regarded collectively, esp. as objects of sexual desire.
3 archaic sl. the head.
1 a soft flat cake of a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered.
2 Brit. joc. or offens. a a sexually attractive person, esp. a woman. b women regarded collectively, esp. as objects of sexual desire.
3 archaic sl. the head.
Etymology
17th c.: orig. uncert.
THESAURUS
crumpet
Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, bagel, bialy, bialystoker, bun, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, gem, hard roll, hot cross bun, kaiser roll, muffin, onion roll, pinwheel roll, popover, roll, scone, soft rollFor further exploring for "crumpet" in Webster Dictionary Online
