liripoop
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "So, so, I have my lerrepoop already."
- "The hood and liripoop (the long tail or tippet of the hood) was worn by the laity of both sexes as well as by the clergy."
- "MASTER Janotus , with his hair cut round as a dish, his Liripoop on his head , after the old fashion; and having sufficiently antidoted his stomach with kitchen-cordials, and holy water of the cellar, conveyed himself to the lodging of Gargantua, driving before him three red muzzled beadles, and dragging after him five or six artless masters, all thoroughly bedagled with the mire of the streets."
- "Moreover, we forbid all the above persons to use beyond the College any mantles or liripoops of fine linen or woollen, except on the attack of some disease, or on leave obtained from the President or Vice-President, for urgent reason;"
- "Male head with bold face: it has a very peculiar hood, with liripoop."
- "The liripoop lingers in the hat-band, and is used at funerals."
Etymology
From Old French liripipion, liripion, Latin liripipium. Said to be corrupted from cleri ephippium (“the clergy's caparison”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: liripipion, liripipium