nippitato

English

Alternative forms

• nippitatum

Etymology

From nippitate.

Noun

nippitato (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, slang) Strong liquor or ale.
   • 1620, John Melton, Astrologaster:

     that they cannot put a cup of Nippitato to their snowts

References

• “nippitato”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.