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fillip

n.
US //ˈfɪɫəp// UK //fˈɪlɪp// fil·lip Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English filippen, philippe (“to flick or snap a finger from against the thumb”); further origin uncertain, but probably imitative. See flip. It is not clear whether the verb is derived from the noun, or vice versa.

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