英语词汇fillip的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	fillip
词源	fillip [LME] Back in the Middle Ages fillip meant simply ‘a flick of the finger’, and probably came into use because the sound was felt to represent the movement. Flip [M16th] is probably a shortening, expanded in turn in the early 17th century to form flippant.
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