Definition of Quipper

1. Noun. One who quips; a jester. ¹

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Definition of Quipper

1. one that quips [n -S] - See also: quips

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quipper

quinumvirates
quinupramine
quinupristin
quinzaine
quinze
quinzee
quinzees
quinzes
quinzhee
quinzhees
quip
quipazine
quipo
quipos
quipped
quipper (current term)
quipperies
quippers
quippery
quippier
quippiest
quipping
quippingly
quippish
quippu
quippus
quippy
quips
quipster
quipsters

Literary usage of Quipper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"44. The more he laughs, and does her closely QUIP. 1605. JONSON, CHAPMAN, &c., East' ward Ho, iii. 2. Go to, old quipper ; forth with thy speech. Ibid. ..."

2. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"... the quipper of the firma- 26 partes] parties N. almanac? Br.perh. rightly 35 expect : The stair. . . hither : Who hath an (Sap/ti 3. 6 ; M.Bom. i. ..."

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