• (n.) A word variously explained as `a little puppet,` `a little doll,` or `a young butterfly.` Cf. Popet.
Pop'e·lote noun A word variously explained as 'a little puppet,' 'a little doll,' or 'a young butterfly.' Confer Popet . [ Obsolete] « So gay a popelote , so sweet a wench.» Chaucer.