liripipe

[ lir-ee-pahyp ]

noun

1. a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.
2. a long strip or tail of fabric hanging from a garment or headdress, especially the peak of this hood or a streamer on a chaperon; tippet.

liripipe

/ ˈlɪrɪˌpaɪp; ˈlɪrɪˌpuːp /

noun

1. the tip of a graduate's hood

Word History and Origins

Origin of liripipe¹

First recorded in 1540–50, liripipe is from the Medieval Latin word liripipium, of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of liripipe¹

C14: Medieval Latin liripipium, origin obscure

Example Sentences

And whenever Hersey needs an idea and can't find one�it happens all the time�he uses a big word instead: cangue, coffle, fulvous, hame, jingal, liripipe, m�tayer, panyar, purlin, psora, shroff, sycee.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Here a liripipe is extravagantly long; here a gold circlet decorates curled locks with matchless taste.

From Project Gutenberg

The long peak grew and grew into the preposterous liripipe which hung down the back from the head to the feet.

From Project Gutenberg

The hood was attacked by the dandies, and, instead of its modest peak, they caused to be added a long pipe of the material, which they called a ‘liripipe.’

From Project Gutenberg

The hoods over the men’s heads vary in a number of ways: some are very full in the cape, which is jagged at the hem; some are close about the neck and are plain; some have long liripipes falling from the peak of the hood, and others have a liripipe of medium length.

From Project Gutenberg