English
liripoop
Liripoop comes from Old French liripipion.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400liripipion
- Englishearliest quotation 1577liripoop
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400liripipion
- Englishearliest quotation 1577liripoop
Earliest quotation: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed; Richarde Stanyhurst , The Historie of Irelande […]: “I will teach thee thy lyrripups.”
The story
Said to be corrupted from cleri ephippium (‘the clergy's caparison’).
Every English word from Old French liripipion
Today it means
noun A pendent part of the old clerical tippet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French liripipion / liripoop