Poplit

//ˈpɒp.lɪt// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint.
  2. 2
    popular literature informal, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

An adaptation of poplit-, the oblique stem of the Latin poples (“the ham of the knee; the knee itself”).

Etymology 2

From pop (“popular”) + lit (“literature”).

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