Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sippet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sip-pet
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small piece of something, especially a piece of toast or fried bean eaten with soup or gravy.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The best sauce for green geese is the juice of sorrel and sugar, mixed together with a few scladed feaberries and served upon sippets"
"Then have sippets finely carved, and some slices of French bread in the bottom of the dish, […]."
"Garnish your dish with sippets, lemon, and a few pickled mushrooms."
"Serve with small sippets of bread fried in butter."
"The ghost of Mr. Woodhouse himself may stare and gasp at being told that this awful preparation, this culinary corpse-reviver, apparently suited only to chalcenterous persons or those at the point of death, is a very simple mutton broth with sippets in it."

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century, as a diminutive of sop. See et.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: et

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sippets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

snippet

Rhymes With

snippet whippet tippet pipit skippet

Questions

What does sippet mean?: A small piece of something, especially a piece of toast or fried bean eaten with soup or gravy.
Where does sippet come from?: First attested in the 16th century, as a diminutive of sop. See et.

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