Definitions
Etymologies
- From Middle French laperean ("rabbit"). (Wiktionary)
- French, from alteration of Old French lapriel (probably influenced by connin, rabbit). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He draws the reader in with light-touch humor and a fondness for detail, like the finicky primping of a truck with reverse-osmosis rinse water, the hazardous-material rating of Glenlivet Scotch, the bad luck associated with saying the word lapin (“rabbit”) on a French boat or the persistent culture of hobos on coal trains.”
“The coats range from cheap ratty rabbit (marketed in some quarters as "lapin," which is French for bunny) to the occasional mink with the requisite satin lining and elaborate monogramming.”
“Fur has been stealing on to the high street by way of linings, cuffs and a certain strategic obfuscation (labels that say "lapin" rather than the more pitchfork-baiting”
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“Must be the phase of the moon we're in, as she has been known to bite the head off a lapin if she's in a bad mood.”
“At home DSK is simply known admiringly as "un lapin chaud" – a hot bunny – at it like a rabbit, a red-blooded Thumper who'll chase after anything in a skirt.”
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“Le seconde est lapin et le troisieme est la campagne!”
“This turned out to be a severe error of judgment for one lapin.”
“But not all lapin is a fabulous shade of blue and crafted by the French designer.”
“I remember being "plaquee" and to further an expression: il m'a plaque en me posant un lapin.”
“Her lapin motorcycle jacket alone could make you weep with joy.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lapin’.
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the big list
all my wordies
hemiversary, taswegian, beausage, chantepleure, skycandy, hacksilver, shanger, drama pawn, hostage-bride, serpopard, fanwank, lapin and 90 more...
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Noah's Park
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sheep's eyes, doe-eyed, cat-eyed, bug-eyed, cat's paw, black swan, leapfrog, menagerie, cold turkey, card shark, snail's pace, bull's eye and 362 more...
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Librarygeek's list
chag, shlefergo, lapin, trollop, supercilious, higgledy piggledy, onamatapoeia, sloe
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merfee's Words
supple, dichotomy, relish, rhapsody, pneumonoultramicr..., embrace, ishmael, ebullient, recalcitrant, elegy, char, lugubrious and 522 more...
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Next!
salvific, redemptive, salvic, roil, changeling, barrow, burro, sow, swath, haymow, shock, sheaves and 190 more...
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✿
adamantine, almond, alpenglow, amaranth, amaranthine, amaretto, amarelle, amethyst, anacampserote, ampersand, andromeda, anemone and 153 more...
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baby and neutered animal names
joey, cygnet, calf, kid, pup, cub, fledgling, duckling, fry, gosling, nymph, chick and 62 more...
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Great Words
Words that have a fun etymology, distinctive meaning, sound nice, or are otherwise, like, awesome!
soirée, exculpate, rascal, lapin, lilliputian, intercourse, interlocutor, quaternary, cant, prussian blue, yoke, kiln and 14 more...
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demasculated
Tweets
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sumit A castrated rabbit. Jan 3, 2007