netherlip

noun

netherlip

noun

Etymology From nether- + lip, modelled after lower lip. Compare Old Frisian nitherlippa (“lower lip”), German Niederlippe (“lower lip”).

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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The lower lip.

  • Looby's face grew pale, and his netherlip began to tremble; the patient was dismayed, and the old gentlewoman concerned and perplexed.1820, Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson, The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.:
  • She smiled. Again her netherlip protruded, curiously, affectionately.2002, David Grossman, The Book of Intimate Grammar:

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