pippy
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pippy¹
Rhymes with -ɪpi
Where it comes from
From pip + -y.
adjective more pippy · most pippy
- Full of pips or seeds. The pomegranate salads of Spain I did not taste, and much do I regret it; but I must say that, though the red-cored pippy fruit may throw a pleasant acid halo about the shred lettuce luminous with golden oil, the fruit itself is a most ugly and disappointing thing in real life.
- Having "the pip", or malaise; depressed. "You ain't half as pippy as Mr. Carlyon was sometimes. It'll be all the same in a hundred years. Got a match?” Forsyth found no consolation in the fact that Carlyon was pippy.
pippy²
Rhymes with -ɪpi
noun pippies
- Alternative form of pippie (all senses) Perhaps the good professor should add to his files Goolwa cockle: the name, according at least to the fishing books I have perused, the pippy goes under in South Australia.
Talk about this word "pippy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pippy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. pippy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pippy "pippy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pippy.
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@misc{pippy_2026,
title = {pippy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pippy},
urldate = {2026-11-05}
}
