adj
kippered
Kippered (adj) means Stiff, dull and lacking energy; stale.
adj
1
Stiff, dull and lacking energy; stale.
"Where, lingering lovingly on kippered lies, They babble over chestnuts and their punch And stale round-table jests of years ago."
— Robert Baldwin Ross, Masques & Phases (2019)
"She was, at heart, as dry, as kippered, as intentionalist, and coldly selfconscious as the driest of Egyptian book-keepers in a great merchant firm at Corinth."
— Emil Reich, Nights with the Gods (2019)
"and he caused offence by banging the drums and beating the cymbals at a dance in Lucknow, and sitting at table beside pretty ingénues rather than kippered memsahibs of suitable seniority."
— Piers Brendon, Edward VIII (2016)
2
Exhausted and worn out.
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What is the meaning of kippered?
"kippered" (adj) means stiff, dull and lacking energy; stale.
What are the different meanings of kippered?
"kippered" has 2 main meanings: 1. Stiff, dull and lacking energy; stale; 2. Exhausted and worn out.
