liripipe

[ lir-ee-pahyp ]

/ ˈlɪr iˌpaɪp /

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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.

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Origin of liripipe

First recorded in 1540–50, liripipe is from the Medieval Latin word liripipium, of obscure origin

Words nearby liripipe

lira da braccio, lirella, lirellate, liriodendron, liriope, liripipe, Lisa, Li-sao, Lisbon, Lisburn, Lise

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How to use liripipe in a sentence

His hood is parti-coloured and jagged at the edge and round his face, and his liripipe is very long.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop
The long peak grew and grew into the preposterous liripipe which hung down the back from the head to the feet.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop
Here a liripipe is extravagantly long; here a gold circlet decorates curled locks with matchless taste.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop
The hood is fixed on the right shoulder, and the band representing the liripipe is brought across the breast of the wearer.
The Heritage of Dress|Wilfred Mark Webb

Lowest in rank are the surpliced choristers wearing hoods, with, in some instances, a liripipe depending from them behind.
The Customs of Old England|F. J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for liripipe

liripipe

liripoop (ˈlɪrɪˌpuːp)

/ (ˈlɪrɪˌpaɪp) /

noun

the tip of a graduate's hood

Word Origin for liripipe

C14: Medieval Latin liripipium, origin obscure

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