Sipple

name, verb

name, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To drink by taking frequent sips archaic, transitive

    "There settled a brief moment of silence while Mademoiselle and the Baroness sippled their exotic beverage and Keresztváry sucked down another petit four while staring into space, having apparently finished more than one cup of tea."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

More examples

"There settled a brief moment of silence while Mademoiselle and the Baroness sippled their exotic beverage and Keresztváry sucked down another petit four while staring into space, having apparently finished more than one cup of tea."

Etymology

From sip + -le (frequentative suffix).

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