thick-lipped, a.
(ˈθɪkˈlɪpt: stress var.)
Having thick or full lips.
| a 1529 Skelton E. Rummyng 467 She was vgly hypped, And vgly thycke lypped. 1588 Shakes. Tit. A. iv. ii. 175 Come on you thick-lipt-slaue. 1682 Lond. Gaz. No. 1685/4 John Wilmote,..of a pretty Ruddy Complexion, and som⁓thing thick Lipped. 1838 Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 6. 171 Mugil chelo,..the Thick-lipped Grey Mullet. 1867 Baker Nile Tribut. xx. (1872) 352 A real thick-lipped flat-nosed nigger. |
So ˈthick-lips, one who has thick lips; a contemptuous appellation for a Negro.
| 1604 Shakes. Oth. i. i. 66 What a full Fortune do's the Thick-lips owe If he can carry't thus? |