† ˈbabber-lipped, a. Obs.
Also 4 baberlipped, 5 babyrlyppyd.
[Origin of babber unknown; cf. prec., also F. babine lip of a horse, bear, etc., and see blabber-lipped (1485), blobber-lipped.]
Having thick projecting lips.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 190 He was bitelbrowed · and baberlipped also. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 20 Babbyrlyppyd, labrosus. 1607 Lingua iii. vi. in Hazl. Dodsl. IX. 404 An old..babber-lipped..slave that, looking himself by chance in a glass, died for pure hate. |