Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lippen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: lip-pen
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To entrust; trust to (someone/something).

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).

British usage; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Do not lippen to him! / I was lippening on you."
""And never lippen to what you see from the window," she said. "The eye is deceitful as well as the heart.""

Etymology

From Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlíta, compare Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lipnen, litnen, -, hlíta

Usage

Inflected Forms

lippens (present, singular) lippening (participle, present) lippened (participle, past) lippened (past) licken (alternative)

Derived Forms

lippening mislippen

Questions

What does lippen mean?: To entrust; trust to (someone/something).
Where does lippen come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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