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English
Etymology
From Middle English neep, from Old English nǣp (“turnip, rape”), borrowed from Latin nāpus. Compare Icelandic næpa (“turnip”).
Cognate with English turnip.
Noun
neep (plural neeps)
- (chiefly Scotland) The swede (rutabaga); turnip.
1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 494:Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […]
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus, from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ (nâpu).
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Noun
neep (plural neeps)
- turnip
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