liplet

English

Etymology

From lip +‎ -let.

Noun

liplet (plural liplets)

1. A small lip.
   • 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

     Her liplets twain old wine contain, And dews of fount-like purity: Her teeth resemble strings o' pearls, Arrayed in line and fresh from sea

References

• “liplet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ellipt