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turntippet

turntippet noun: a traitor; a defector; a renegade.

Noun

turntippet (plural turntippets)

  1. (obsolete) A traitor; a defector; a renegade.
    • The priests, for the most part, were doublefaced, turntippets, and flatterersc. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, A Confution of Unwritten Verities; republished in The Works of Thomas Cranmer, volume 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1846, page 15

Synonyms of turntippet

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Forms of turntippet

pluralturntippets

Origin of turntippet

From turn + tippet.

Words formed from turntippet

  • turn tippet

Questions about turntippet

What does turntippet mean?
Turntippet means a traitor; a defector; a renegade.
What part of speech is turntippet?
Turntippet is a noun.
What is the plural of turntippet?
The plural of turntippet is turntippets.

Words near turntippet in the dictionary

  1. turntablisms
  2. turntablist
  3. turntablists
  4. turntail
  5. turntails
  6. turntippet
  7. turntippets
  8. Turnu Măgurele
  9. Turnu Ruieni
  10. turnup
  11. turnups

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