Pippin

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A seed.
  2. 2
    Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red.
  3. 3
    any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties.
  5. 5
    An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted).
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  1. 6
    An excellent or admirable person or thing. dated, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A male given name.

Synonyms

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Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle English pipin (“a seed”), as being raised from the seed.

Related phrases

Normandy pippinRibston pippinRibstone pippinpippin fileeating apple

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