lippy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɪpi/    美 /ˈlɪpi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product. New-Zealand,UK,also,colloquial,uncountable
    — Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around.
  2. Diminutive of lip. New-Zealand,UK,also,colloquial,diminutive
    — However, to ſerve you as much at^([sic]) I can / (For nothing’s more dear to my life than a man) / Tho’ all my acquantances^([sic]) call me coquette, / And ſwear ſuch extravagant freedoms they hate, / And hanging their lippies, put on their grimace, / And call me immodeſt for ſhewing my face; […]
  3. An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity. New-Zealand,Scotland,UK,also,colloquial
    — I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having prominent lips. informal
    — His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest.
  2. Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. informal
    — Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room.

词形变化

lippier comparative lippiest superlative lippies plural lippie alternative lippies plural lippie alternative lippies plural lippie alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
lippiness
相关词
stiff-upper-lippy

词源

词源 1
From lip (“fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth; (slang) verbal impertinence, backtalk”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
词源 2
From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix).
词源 3
From lip + -y (diminutive suffix).
词源 4
From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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