LIRIPOOP

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [Obs.]

2.
n.

Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.[Obs.] Stanihurst.

3.
n.

A silly person. [Obs.] A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard. Milles. MS. Devon Gloss.


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