lipstick
/ˈlɪpˌstɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Are you wearing any lipstick today?"
- "In fact, I just saw the movie Shirley Valentine (for the umpteenth time!), and couldn't even look at the adult Marjorie Majors without seeing Patsy and her boofed up hair and red lipstick and long cigarette holder."
- "I'd like three lipsticks in this shade."
- "She darkens up her eyebrows with it and then runs a tube of pink lipstick over her mouth. She immediately wipes it off with the palm of her hand. She should have black lipstick. A true ninja woman would wear black lipstick."
- "“So she storms off, yelling at me, ‘Tell your dog to put his lipstick back in its case!’ and that dog and I just stared after them. Both of us were totally smitten.”"
- "I looked over at our new house-wolf, hoping for a connection, but it was too soon. I felt nothing but resentment. What I saw, however, was something I would have to look away from regularly. He had his lipstick out."
Etymology
Etymology tree English lip Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂- Proto-Germanic *stikkōną Proto-Germanic *stikkô Proto-West Germanic *stikkō Old English sticca Middle English stikke English stick English lipstick From lip + stick.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/
- British English: /ˈlɪpstɪk/