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maypole.

A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmeɪˌpoʊl/US

  1. A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.

    How would you like the maypole decorated?

  2. A very tall girl or young lady.

    idiomatic

  3. A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.

  4. A penis, especially a large one.

    euphemistic
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May English pole English maypole Compound of May + pole, so called in reference to its use on May Day.

verb/ˈmeɪˌpoʊl/US

  1. To dance or spin in a circle around something.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May English pole English maypole Compound of May + pole, so called in reference to its use on May Day.

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