neep

English

Etymology

From Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp (“turnip, rape”), borrowed from Latin nāpus. Compare Icelandic næpa (“turnip”).

Cognate with English turnip.

Noun

neep (plural neeps)

1. (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 […]

Translations

swede

• Dutch: knolraap (nl) m

• Finnish: lanttu (fi)

Anagrams

• peen, pene, pene-

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Middle English

Noun

neep

1. Alternative form of nepe