loupe

French

noun
Definitions
  • magnifying glass
  • loupe
  • (medicine) wen (a cyst on the skin)
  • (botany) burl, a growth on the side of a tree
  • (slang) laziness

Etymology

Derived from Frankish *luppa (something pendulous).

Origin

Frankish

*luppa

Gloss

something pendulous

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