Etymology

typee

ty·pee
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Today it means: Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence. Full definition →

Guyanese Creole English typee
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  1. Guyanese Creole English · borrowed fromtypee
  2. English todaytypee

Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English typee; further origin unknown, claimed to be from an Indo-Aryan language but no etymon has been found.

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