hippy

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

hippy (plural hippies)

  1. Alternative spelling of hippie

Etymology 2

Adjective

hippy (comparative hippier, superlative hippiest)

  1. Having large or prominent hips.
    • 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:
      The girls were hefty, big-breasted and strong and their blonde hair was in slight disarray. [] They were full-lipped, broad-nosed, hippy girls and they were very tired.
Translations

French

Noun

hippy m or f by sense (plural hippys)

  1. Alternative spelling of hippie

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hippy.

Adjective

hippy m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. hippy

Declension

Noun

hippy m (plural hippy)

  1. hippy
    Synonym: hipiot

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hippie.

Noun

hippy m (plural hippys)

  1. hippie

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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