lippy
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lippy¹
- /ˈlɪpi/ Australia, US, UK
- /ˈlɪpɪ/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɪpi
Where it comes from
From lip (“fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth; (slang) verbal impertinence, backtalk”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
adjective lippier · lippiest
- Having prominent lips. His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest.
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Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.
Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room.
Similar: mouthy, contrarious, argumentative, insolent
lippy²
- /ˈlɪpi/ Australia, US, UK
- /ˈlɪpɪ/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɪpi
Where it comes from
From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix).
noun lippies · lippie
- Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product. Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around.
lippy³
- /ˈlɪpi/ Australia, US, UK
- /ˈlɪpɪ/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɪpi
Where it comes from
From lip + -y (diminutive suffix).
noun lippies · lippie
- Diminutive of lip However, to ſerve you as much at^([sic]) I can / (For nothing’s more dear to my life than a man) / Tho’ all my acquantances^([sic]) call me coquette, / And ſwear ſuch extravagant freedoms they hate, / And hanging their lippies, put on their grimace, / And call me immodeſt for ſhewing my face; […]
lippy⁴
- /ˈlɪpi/ Australia, US, UK
- /ˈlɪpɪ/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɪpi
Where it comes from
From leap (“trap or snare for fish made from twigs; (obsolete) basket”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
noun lippies · lippie
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An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.
I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.
Similar: forpet
Lippy⁵
Where it comes from
Probably an Americanized spelling of Dutch or German Lippe.
proper noun Lippys
- A surname from German.
Translations
Talk about this word "lippy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lippy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lippy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lippy "lippy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lippy.Cite this
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title = {lippy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lippy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
