tappish

English

Alternative forms

• tappice
• tappis

Etymology

French se tapir (“to crouch, squat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæpɪʃ/

Verb

tappish (third-person singular simple present tappishes, present participle tappishing, simple past and past participle tappished)

1. (rare, obsolete) To squat
   • [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

     As a hound that, having roused a hart, / Although he tappish ne'er so oft.

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

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

Anagrams

• piphats