swipper

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adjective

nimble; quick

OriginMiddle English swiper ← Old English swipor ← Proto-West Germanic *swipr →
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Meanings

adjectiveswipper (comparative more swipper, superlative most swipper)

comparative more swipper · superlative most swipper

  1. Northern Englandobsoleteslangnimble; quick

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweyb-“to bend, turn, swing, sway, swerve, wander”
  2. Proto-Germanic*swipraz“quick, clever”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*swipr
  4. Old Englishswipor
  5. Middle Englishswiper“agile, nimble”
  6. Englishswipper

From Middle English swiper (“agile, nimble”), from Old English swipor, ġeswipor (“astute, cunning, shifty”), from Proto-West Germanic *swipr, from Proto-Germanic *swipraz (“quick, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swing, sway, swerve, wander”), equivalent to swipe + -er. See swoop.

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