neep
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp (“turnip, rape”), borrowed from Latin nāpus. Compare Icelandic næpa (“turnip”).
Noun[edit]
neep (plural neeps)
- (chiefly Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
- 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 494:
- Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […]
- 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 494:
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
neep
- Alternative form of nepe
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