neep

[ neep ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a turnip.

neep

/ niːp /

noun

1. a dialect name for a turnip

Word History and Origins

Origin of neep¹

before 900; Middle English nepe, Old English nēp, nǣp < Latin nāpus turnip

Word History and Origins

Origin of neep¹

Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus turnip

Example Sentences

Rogers speaks of shipping while at Batavia "half a leaguer of Spelman's neep, or the best sort of arrack."

From Project Gutenberg

Is the modern term "nip of spirit" derived from this word neep?

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The only odds is, that we ken that we dinna ken, and the neep-seed kens nothing at all aboot it.

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