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versipel

/ˈvɜːsɪpɛl/

versipel noun: a versipellous object or thing.

Noun

versipel (plural versipels)

  1. A versipellous object or thing.
    • And that odd muse of mine, / My versipel, is with me everywhere, / In carrel and in car, and in my chair1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], “Canto Four”, in Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN, page 40, lines 946–948

Forms of versipel

pluralversipels

Origin of versipel

Apparently coined by Nabokov (see citation below) from versipellous.

Questions about versipel

What does versipel mean?
Versipel means a versipellous object or thing.
What part of speech is versipel?
Versipel is a noun.
How do you pronounce versipel?
Versipel is pronounced /ˈvɜːsɪpɛl/.
What is the plural of versipel?
The plural of versipel is versipels.

Words near versipel in the dictionary

  1. versionizers
  2. versionizes
  3. versionizing
  4. versionless
  5. versions
  6. versipel
  7. versipellous
  8. versipelostatin
  9. versipels
  10. versiprose
  11. versiproses

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