liripipe

American  

[lir-ee-pahyp] / ˈlɪr iˌpaɪp /

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.

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liripipe British  

/ ˈlɪrɪˌpaɪp, ˈlɪrɪˌpuːp /

noun

1. the tip of a graduate's hood

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Etymology

Origin of liripipe

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

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

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

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Subsequently this mark took the form of a round cap, attached to which was a long liripipe, which might be wound round the head, but more usually hung over the arm.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

There was the twist round the head, the cockscomb, the hanging piece of liripipe.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton