stipe
See also: Stipe
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Etymology 1 edit
From French stipe, from Latin stipes (“a stock, post, branch”).
Noun edit
stipe (plural stipes)
- The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
- The trunk of a tree.
- The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
- The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm
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Etymology 2 edit
Shortened from stipendiary.
Noun edit
stipe (plural stipes)
- (historical, slang) A stipendiary magistrate.
- 2015, Barrington Black, Both Sides of the Bench, page 186:
- The lay magistrates in many parts of the country were cautious about the infringement by stipendiaries on to their particular patch, not least being that the stipe would take the more interesting work and leave them the dross.
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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Noun edit
stipe m (plural stipes)
- stipe (stem)
Further reading edit
- “stipe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Noun edit
stipe
West Frisian edit
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Noun edit
stipe c (plural stipen, diminutive stypke)
Further reading edit
- “stipe (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011