ounce

²ounce

noun

Definition of OUNCE

: snow leopard

Origin of OUNCE

Middle English unce lynx, from Middle French, alteration (by misdivision, as if l'once the ounce) of lonce, probably from Old Italian lonza, from Middle Greek lynk-, lynx, from Greek

First Known Use: 1774

Rhymes with OUNCE

bounce, flounce, jounce, pounce