snipt

English

Etymology

From snip +‎ -t. Doublet of snipped.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɪpt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpt

Adjective

snipt (comparative more snipt, superlative most snipt)

  1. (botany, obsolete) Jagged; notched.
    Synonyms: serrated; see also Thesaurus:notched
    • 1586, Henry Lyte, Rembert Dodoens, A new herball, or, Historie of plants : wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants […] ‎[1], Ninian Newton, page 100:
      The leaves be somewhat round, hairie, and a little snipt or jagged about the edges, otherwise not much unlike the leaves of great Chickweede.
    • 1801, William Withering, A systematic arrangement of British plants‎[2], volume 3, T. Cadell, page 477:
      The bristles on the fruit-stalks are laid close as in the latter, but the segments of the leaves are very much snipt at the edges.

Verb

snipt

  1. Archaic spelling of snipped.
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