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Saturday Word: Nippy Sweetie
Nippy Sweetie [nip-ee SWEE-tee]
(n.)
- A bracing alcoholic potation, esp. whisky.
- A peevishly sharp-tongued person.
- A hot or sour-tasting sweet.
From “nippy” (biting, sharp) from “nip” (a pinch; a sharp bite) from German “nippen” (to pinch sharply; to bite suddenly) from Middle Low German “nipen” (to nip, to pinch) from Middle Dutch “nipen” (to pinch) which became Dutch “nijpen” from Old Norse “hnippa” (to prod)
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“sweetie” (candy, lollipop) from “sweet” from Old English “swete” (pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings) from Proto-Germanic “swotja-” from PIE “swād-” (sweet, pleasant)
Used in a sentence:
"You should have seen the look on his face when I offered him a nippy sweetie before going home for the night!”
(from The Grandiloquent Word of the Day on FB)
(n.)
- A bracing alcoholic potation, esp. whisky.
- A peevishly sharp-tongued person.
- A hot or sour-tasting sweet.
From “nippy” (biting, sharp) from “nip” (a pinch; a sharp bite) from German “nippen” (to pinch sharply; to bite suddenly) from Middle Low German “nipen” (to nip, to pinch) from Middle Dutch “nipen” (to pinch) which became Dutch “nijpen” from Old Norse “hnippa” (to prod)
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“sweetie” (candy, lollipop) from “sweet” from Old English “swete” (pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings) from Proto-Germanic “swotja-” from PIE “swād-” (sweet, pleasant)
Used in a sentence:
"You should have seen the look on his face when I offered him a nippy sweetie before going home for the night!”
(from The Grandiloquent Word of the Day on FB)