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papEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English pap. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, German Pappe (“pap, porridge; wheatpaste; cardboard”), Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian папам (papam, “to eat”) and Serbo-Croatian папати/papati (“to eat”), among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct. The Germanic word is either a borrowing from Latin or, perhaps more probably, an independent formation in baby-talk.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗papEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English pappe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papilla; or perhaps compare Old Swedish papp (“breast, nipple”), from Proto-Germanic *pap- (“nipple”), of imitative origin, or from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”); Swedish dialectal papp, pappe, Swedish patt, Danish patte, North Frisian pap, pape, papke (“breast, pap”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗papEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Ellipsis of Pap smear.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗papEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Afrikaans pap (“porridge”). Cognate with etymology 1.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗papEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Clipping of paparazzo.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗papEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Compare pa, papa, pop.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗papEnglish (en) · Etymology 7Source text
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Chambers (1908)
1908- PapEnglish · e-38699-1969
Pap, pap, n. soft food for infants: pulp of fruit: nourishment: (slang) the emoluments or perquisites of public office.—v.t. to feed with pap.—adjs. Papes′cent, Pap′py.—ns. Pap′meat, soft food for infants; Pap′spoon, a s
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Pap, pap, n. a nipple or teat: a woman's breast: a round conical hill, as the Paps of Jura.
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DIRECTLY INSPECTEDprinted book
The PAPER-OFFICE entry in John Harris’s Lexicon technicum includes Letters of Intelligence among official papers communicated to the King’s Council.
intelligence / intelligence / 1704
Lexicon technicum: or, an universal English dictionary of arts and scienceswitness excerpt / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
newspaper personal-enemy joke
fjende / fjende / modern example dated 1988 by source
Den Danske Ordbog — fjendereporting source / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
newspaper ideological-opponent use
fjende / fjende / modern example dated 1992 by source
Den Danske Ordbog — fjendereporting source / OPEN RECORD ↗06
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