pippin

[pip-in]

noun

1. any of numerous roundish or oblate varieties of apple.

2. Botany.,  a seed.

pippin

/ ˈpɪpɪn /

noun

1. any of several varieties of eating apple with a rounded oblate shape

2. the seed of any of these fruits

Word History and Origins

Origin of pippin¹

1250–1300; Middle English pipin, variant of pepin < Old French

Word History and Origins

Origin of pippin¹

C13: from Old French pepin, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Rich Pippin, president of the Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, called it the “worst day in the history of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.”

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Merry and Pippin, declare that after reading “The Lord of the Rings” after college, “I realized that Aragorn is the Apollonian model of manhood … The Hobbits are us. And we should love life as much as they do.”

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Included in this group was Erica Stahl, owner of Pippin, a gift shop in Edinburgh.

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The Taper production of “Pippin” convinced Arden to give L.A. a go.

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“He directed the Deaf West ‘Pippin’ at the Mark Taper Forum, which I also did, and then I kind of followed in his footsteps.

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