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Definition of Liripoop
1. n. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc.
Definition of Liripoop
1. Noun. (obsolete) A pendent part of the old clerical tippet. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A tippet; a scarf; worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) acuteness; smartness ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A smart trick or stratagem. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) A silly person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Liripoop
1. the long tail of a graduate's hood [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liripoop
Literary usage of Liripoop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"106. liripoop, chiefly in phrases to know or have (one's) ... to teach (a person)
his liripoop. It means something to be learned and acted or spoken ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"Coles has " a liripoop, ... Probably it meant at first, having that knowledge
which entitled the person to wear a liripoop, or scarf, as a doctor. ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Coles has " a liripoop, ... Probably it meant at first, having that knowledge
which entitled the person to wear a liripoop, or scarf, as a doctor. ..."
4. The Dramatic Works of Shackerley Marmion by Shackerley Marmion (1875)
"I warrant you, sir, my mistress and I Have practised our liripoop* together. Ayu.
Thou must insinuate strange things into her, Both of her virtue and ..."
5. Dramatists of the Restoration by Aston Cokain, Crown (John), William D'Avenant, John Lacy, Shackerley Marmion, John Tatham, John Wilson (1875)
"I warrant you, sir, my mistress and I Have practised our liripoop* together. Agu.
Thou must insinuate strange things into her, Both of her virtue and ..."
6. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"There's a girl that knows her liripoop.30 Sper. (Aside. ... 29 A bit of Lyly'»
of knowledge that would qualify one to wear a liripoop ..."
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