pippi longstocking
/ˈpɪpɪ lɒŋˈstɒkɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A fictional red-haired girl created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, who lives with her animals in her pirate father's villa and takes her friends on numerous adventures.
noun
A person, especially a girl or woman, with long or flamboyant red hair, especially in pigtails or parted down the middle, and prominent freckles.
noun
A person, especially a girl or woman, given to headstrong, wild behaviour, flights of fancy, or irrepressible optimism.
Example Sentences
- "Little and skinny for ten years old, cursed with waist-length hair and freckles that all the kids teased made her look just like Pippi Longstocking, she had been, that day, the butt of jokes from the entire fifth grade."
- "She has threaded rags through her hair, tying it in two Pippi Longstocking braids."
- "If I turned around, you could see a bizarre array of silver clippies, and a “Pippi Longstocking” part down the middle."
- "Put her in pigtails and stick her finger in a light socket, and she’d be Pippi Longstocking."
- "I was positively Pippi Longstocking, minus the pigtails."
- "Then we’re swept back to her school days, where we see her giggling like a regular Pippi Longstocking as she spies on Rivera (Alfred Molina) applying his creative juices to an artist’s model while being berated by his wife (Valeria Golino)."
Etymology
From long + stocking, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump. As a common noun, after the appearance and nature of the fictional character.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈpɪpɪ lɒŋˈstɒkɪŋ/