英语词汇quip的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	quip
词源	quip. The best anyone can come up with for the origin of quip is that the word is a variant of quippy, also meaning a sharp, bit- ing, or clever remark, and that quippy may come from the Latin quippe meaning “indeed, forsooth (with sarcastic force).” Both words are first attested early in the 16th century.
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