pippin
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pippin¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.
noun pippins
- A seed.
pippin²
Where it comes from
Probably from Middle English pipin (“a seed”), as being raised from the seed.
noun pippins
- An (individual) apple tree raised from a pip (seed) (as opposed to one grafted); its fruit; a variety that came from such an individual (as its progenitor). Upon which account ’tis that the Juice of ripe pulpy Apples, as Pippins, Rennetings, &c. that are of a ſyrupy tenacious nature, do detain in them more of the diſperſed particles of the Fruit that by the Preſſure comes out with the Liquor; […]
- Any of several such varieties that are good eating apples and tend to have a yellow or green skin with patches of red. Cox's Orange Pippin
- An excellent or admirable person or thing.
Pippin³
proper noun Pippins
- A surname.
- A male given name.
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title = {pippin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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