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/pʊˈsɛl/ · noun
(archaic) A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc)..
But what's that Puzell whom they tearme so pure?
Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan.
There might have been a hundred Jeanne d'Arcs, all definable as pucelle or maid, just as we say “spinster”: we even read of one in the time of the Revolution.
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.’
Use pucelle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pucelle means (archaic) A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc)..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But what's that Puzell whom they tearme so pure?
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