Lapp, n. and a.
(læp)
[a. Sw. Lapp, possibly in origin a term of contempt: cf. MHG. lappe simpleton. In med.L. the name was Lap(p)o (pl. Lap(p)ones), whence F. Lapon; see Lapponic.]
A. n. One of a nomadic people (called by themselves Sabme), inhabiting the north of Scandinavia. B. adj. Pertaining to this race, Lappish; also absol. the Lappish language.
| 1859 T. S. Henderson Mem. E. Henderson II. 64 The huts where a party of Lapps were located. 1879 J. A. H. Murray Addr. Philol. Soc. 46 Used in several cases as a supine in Finn and Lapp. |