Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leppy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lep-py
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"When those big bands take off, the mares never come back for those leppies. We were branding one time and saw a little bunch move out and a mom left a leppy behind."
"Out on the range, he would have been a stunted leppy."
"I have heard a famous rodeo announcer crack the same old joke every year, "A leppy is a little calf whose ma has died, and whose pa has run away with another cow.""

Etymology

From Spanish lepra (“leprosy”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: lepra

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

leppies (plural)

Synonyms

bum calf bummer dogie dogy

Questions

What does leppy mean?: A young animal, particularly a cow calf or bull calf, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.
Where does leppy come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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