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† ˈpipient, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. pīpient-em, pr. pple. of pīpīre to cheep; cf. F. pipiant, pépiant.]
Piping or chirping like a chicken or young bird.
1607Collins Serm. (1608) 18 Like Anacreons fonde doues, some perfect, some pipient, some hatcht, some half hatcht. 1615T. Adams Spir. Navig. 54 Hypocrites, a pipient broode, cackling their owne ripeness. |