happig
Meaning
- steep; insolently expensive
- unacceptable; insolent
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhapɪç/
Etymology
In summary
Originally, "greedy, excessive, difficult to swallow", 18th-century creation apparently from happ, imitative of the sound of snapping. Possibly borrowed from German Low German; compare Low German happen, happen (“to snap, to devour”). Related to German Happen (“bite-sized piece, bite”).
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