Meaning

noun either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

noun (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

noun an impudent or insolent rejoinder

originFrom Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Lippe (“lip”), West Frisian lippe (“lip”), Dutch lip (“lip”), German Lippe and Lefze (“lip”), Low German Lippe (“lip”), Luxembourgish Lëps (“lip”), Vilamovian łyp…

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