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hippety|ˈhɪpɪtɪ|
Also -ity.
Jingling combination of hip v.1 and hop v., as in hippety-hop, hippety-hoppety.
1825J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 45 Hippety⁓hoppety, adv., in a limping and hobbling manner. 1880West Cornwall Gloss. s.v., ‘He goes hippety-hoppety’ (walks unevenly). 1886F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Hippety-hop, hippety-hoppety.., lame, limping in a very marked manner: applied to both man and beast. 1920Cornhill Mag. Sept. 332 A row of children playing hippety-hop across a broad lawn. 1925D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 186 ‘I am the captain of my soul!’ Are you, old boy? Then why hippety-hop? 1950J. Dempsey Championship Fighting 58 Under no circumstances take any little half-step or hippity-hop. |