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quip

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin quippe (“indeed”), ultimately quid (“what”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kw?p, IPA(key): /kw?p/, [k?w??p]
  • Rhymes: -?p

Noun

quip (plural quips)

  1. A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
    • 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
      Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles.
    • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year
      He was full of joke and jest, / But all his merry quips are o'er.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:joke

Derived terms

  • quipful

Translations

Verb

quip (third-person singular simple present quips, present participle quipping, simple past and past participle quipped)

  1. (intransitive) To make a quip.
  2. (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
    • 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
      He did not really mind being quipped; the city gentlemen made him used to that sort of thing.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Puqi

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frivolity

English

Etymology

From French frivolité

Noun

frivolity (countable and uncountable, plural frivolities)

  1. frivolous act
  2. state of being frivolous

Related terms

  • frivolous

Translations

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