netherlip

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From nether- +‎ lip, modelled after lower lip. Compare Old Frisian nitherlippa (“lower lip”), German Niederlippe (“lower lip”).

Noun[edit]

netherlip (plural netherlips)

  1. (anatomy) The lower lip.
    • 1820, Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson, The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.:
      Looby's face grew pale, and his netherlip began to tremble; the patient was dismayed, and the old gentlewoman concerned and perplexed.
    • 2002, David Grossman, The Book of Intimate Grammar:
      She smiled. Again her netherlip protruded, curiously, affectionately.

Etymology 2[edit]

From netherlips.

Noun[edit]

netherlip (plural netherlips)

  1. singular of netherlips

Anagrams[edit]

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