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Liripoop
Lir′i-poop
(lĭr′ĭ-poōp)
, Noun.
[OF.
liripipion
, liripion
, LL. liripipium
. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri ephippium
, lit., the clergy’s caparison.] 1.
A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; – worn also by doctors, learned men, etc.
[Obs.]
2.
Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.
[Obs.]
Stanihurst.
3.
A silly person.
[Obs.]
A
liripoop
, vel lerripoop
, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard. Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.