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liripipe [lir-ee-pahyp] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- a long strip or tail of fabric hanging from a garment or headdress, especially the peak of this hood or a streamer on a chaperon; tippet.
Origin of liripipe First recorded in 1540–50, liripipe is from the Medieval Latin word liripipium, of obscure origin Examples from the Web for liripipe Historical Examples of liripipe
There was the twist round the head, the cockscomb, the hanging piece of liripipe.
Dion Clayton Calthrop
The simple folk wore a hood of linen, with a liripipe and wide ear-flaps.
Dion Clayton Calthrop
His hood is parti-coloured and jagged at the edge and round his face, and his liripipe is very long.
Dion Clayton Calthrop
Here a liripipe is extravagantly long; here a gold circlet decorates curled locks with matchless taste.
Dion Clayton Calthrop
Lowest in rank are the surpliced choristers wearing hoods, with, in some instances, a liripipe depending from them behind.
F. J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for liripipe liripipe liripoop (ˈlɪrɪˌpuːp) noun
- the tip of a graduate’s hood
Word Origin for liripipe C14: Medieval Latin liripipium, origin obscure