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Meaning of LIRIPOOP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lir"i*poop\ (l[i^]r"[i^]*p[=oo]p), n. [OF. liripipion,
liripion, LL. liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri
ephippium, lit., the clergy's caparison.]
1. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a
   tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men,
   etc. [Obs.]
2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.
   [Obs.] --Stanihurst.
3. A silly person. [Obs.]
         A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature;
         an old dotard.                        --Milles. MS.
                                               Devon Gloss.
 
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