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発音

• IPA: /pʊˈsɛl/
• 韻: -ɛl

名詞

pucelle (plural pucelles)

1. (archaic) A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc).
   • 1608 (at the earliest), Ben Jonson, letter to John Fletcher

     Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan.

   • 1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:

     Seven weeks before, Joan of Arc had ridden into Orleans. She was at the height of her strange career.…‘Maid or Witch, Pucelle or Puzzell – she is very hard to understand.’

2. (obsolete) A prostitute, a slut.