Obs. rare. Also crepundio [? -on]. [f. L. crepundia a rattle, a child’s toy.]
1. ? A rattler or empty talker. 2. A childish toy.
1589. Nashe, Greene’s Menaphon (Arb.), 8. Our quadrant crepundios [1616 -ous], that spit ergo in the mouth of euerie one they meete.
1655. G. Emmot, North. Blast, 4. Arrayed with Cope and Vestment, and many other feat Crepundians.
