goblet

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a drinking glass with a base and stem
  2. noun a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

Etymology

From Middle English goblet (= Middle Low German gobelet, kobelet (“goblet”)), from Old French gobellet, diminutive of gobel, from or related to the verb gober (“to ingest”).

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