Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of lurking; skulking about; hiding; keeping from sight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A lurking or skulking.
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- noun obsolete A
lurking orskulking .
Etymologies
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See tapish.
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Examples
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He hates, above all things, Lollardry, "this new tapinage," and he commends the virtues; the stories come in by way of example: mind what your eyes do, witness
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
qms commented on the word tapinage
The cat lurks in impatient tapinage
To pounce on a perch for her napinage.
A bend in my waist
Is most to her taste -
Her preference is for lapinage.
March 7, 2015
ember614 commented on the word tapinage
tapinage behind the tapestry
March 7, 2015
fbharjo commented on the word tapinage
It takes an age to tap in?!
March 8, 2015
fbharjo commented on the word tapinage
RE: morse (code)!?
March 8, 2015