NIPPY

crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy

(adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating; ā€œcrisp clear nights and frosty morningsā€; ā€œa nipping windā€; ā€œa nippy fall dayā€; ā€œsnappy weatherā€

nippy

(adjective) a sharp biting taste; ā€œa nippy cheeseā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

Nippy (plural Nippies or Nippys)

(UK, dated) A waitress in a Lyons Corner House.

Etymology

Adjective

nippy (comparative nippier, superlative nippiest)

(UK, informal) fast; speedy

(informal) Of the weather, rather cold.

Inclined to nip; bitey.

(Scotland, informal) annoying; irritating

(Scotland) sharp in taste

(Scotland) curt

(Scotland) parsimonious

Source: Wiktionary



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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