nipple

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the small projection of a mammary gland
  2. noun a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier

Etymology

From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib + -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .

In classic literature

Synonyms

mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit

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