See Also: polypiform(medicine)

whippersnapper (iou) and polypiform (medicine)


whippersnapper (iou)



whippersnapper noun. L17.
[Perh. from WHIP noun + SNAPPER noun1, after earlier SNIPPER-SNAPPER.]
A small or insignificant person; esp. an insignificant but impertinent or intrusive (usu. young) person.
J. Galsworthy A whipper-snapper of a young fellow.
whippersnap verb intrans. [back-form.] behave like a whippersnapper, be impertinent or intrusive E20.

polypiform (medicine)


polypiform -->
polypoid


1. <zoology> Like a polyp; having the Nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or Other parts.

2. <medicine> Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus.

Origin: Polyp.

Source: Websters Dictionary