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tight-lippedness

noun

Etymology

From tight-lipped + -ness.

  1. derived from *leb-✻
  2. derived from *lepô✻
  3. inherited from *lippjō✻
  4. inherited from lippa
  5. inherited from lippe
  6. suffixed as lipped — “lip + ed”
  7. compounded as tight-lipped — “tight + lipped”
  8. suffixed as tight-lippedness — “tight-lipped + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being tight-lipped.

The neighborhood

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