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▪ I. quipping, vbl. n.|ˈkwɪpɪŋ|
[f. quip v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.
1579G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 61 Whisperings open or cloase, quippinge notorious or auricular iybinge. 1603Florio Montaigne ii. xi. (1632) 233 The nimble saying or wittie quipping of Arcesilaus. 1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1007 Terambus a Satyrist, did not abstain from quipping of the Muses. 1887Saintsbury Elizab. Lit. xii. (1890) 437 In contradistinction to this perpetual quipping..the general style of Fuller is..rather more modern.
▪ II. quipping, ppl. a.|ˈkwɪpɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That quips; of the nature of a quip.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 34/1 In frumping of his adversaries with quipping taunts. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 703 The bishop..after his quipping manner requested [etc.]. 1605Camden Rem. 195 His salt and sharpe quipping speeches. 1660Charac. Italy 54 A Conceit no less facetious than quipping. |