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quippish

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quip

  [kwip] noun, verb, quipped, quip⋅ping.
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–noun
1. a clever or witty remark or comment.
2. a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest.
3. a quibble.
4. an odd or fantastic action or thing.
–verb (used without object)
5. to utter quips.
Origin:
1525–35; back formation from quippy quip < L quippe indeed

Related forms:
quippish, adjective
quip⋅pish⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. joke, witticism. 2. gibe, sally, jape.
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Word Origin & History

quip  (n.)
1532, variant of quippy, in same sense (1519), perhaps from L. quippe "indeed, forsooth" (used sarcastically), from quid "what," neut. of quis "who" (cf. quibble) + emphatic particle -pe. The verb is recorded from 1584.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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