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Word of the Day for Monday, May 25, 2009fillip \FIL-uhp\, noun: 1. A snap of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow. If any one in Mirgorod gives him a neckerchief or underclothes, he returns thanks; if any one gives him a fillip on the nose--he returns thanks then also. You fillip me o' the head. Her raspberry cream tart is given an added fillip with bourbon and nutmeg. The utopian and romantic -- and in the end completely unrealistic -- idea that the building should serve as a mooring post for airships led to the creation of a tower on the tower, giving a final fillip to the design. Fillip is probably of imitative origin. | |||||||
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