单词 | lippy |
释义 | lippyn. colloquial (originally Australian, later also British, and New Zealand). Lipstick. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face > cosmetics for the lips lipsalve1591 lip balm1853 lipstick1880 chapstick1891 lip pencil1904 lip-rouge1926 lip gloss1939 lippy1955 1955 Meanjin 310 Jest..for fun I put some of Mums [sic] lippy on. 1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 45/6 Typical dolly birds who doodah themselves up with red lippy and curly hair. 1983 Sydney Morning Herald 19 Dec. (Guide) 1/2 On radio, Miss Buttrose sounds as though she is wearing a sunfrock, bit of lippie and a pair of orthopaedic sandals. 1991 Sun 7 Feb. 13/5 He loves dressing up and wearing makeup. He also likes a bit of lippy. 2000 R. Topping Kevin & Perry go Large iv. 37 Sharon stashed the new lippy in her bag, and the girls walked out of Boots into the shopping mall. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lippyadj. 1. Of a dog (see quot. 1877). ΚΠ 1877 G. Stables Pract. Kennel Guide iii. 35 Lippy—applied to hanging lips of some dogs where hanging lips should not exist, as in the Bull Terrier. 2. colloquial or dialect. Impertinent, insolent; talkative, verbose. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > impudent in speech or of speech bardish1641 brisk1665 flippant1677 sassy1799 slang1818 lippy1875 smart-mouthed1967 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 70 Lippy, impertinent; apt to answer saucily. 1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 195 Ain't he getting pretty flip? The lippy dude! 1906 Punch 4 Apr. 250/3 'Aughty as teetotallers an' as lippy as Passive Resisters. 1968 V. Canning Melting Man v. 128 You're a lippy bastard. 1971 R. Roberts Classic Slum 203 Any child who requested a book by title he at once designated as ‘forward’ or ‘lippy’. 1971 R. Thomas Backup Men iv. 32 It might learn them not to be so goddamned lippy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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