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liripipe (iou) and De La Mare, Walter (oh)


liripipe (iou)



liripipe noun. . M16.
[medieval Latin liripipium, lero- variously explained as 'tippet of a hood', 'cord', 'shoelace', of unkn. origin. Forms in -poop unexpl. See also LURRY noun.]
A thing to be learned and acted or spoken; one's lesson, one's r?le. Chiefly in know one's liripoop, have one's liripoop, teach a person his or her liripoop. Long arch. rare. M16.
A silly person. Long arch. rare. E17.
A long tail of a hood, esp. in old academic or clerical dress or attached to a medieval chaperon; a very long tippet. E17.

De La Mare, Walter (oh)



(1873-1956) a British writer famous especially for his poems for children