underlip
English
Etymology
From under- + lip. Compare Saterland Frisian Unnerlippe (“underlip”), German Unterlippe (“underlip”).
Noun
underlip (plural underlips)
- The lower lip.
- 2014, Samuel R. Delany, Tales of Nevèrÿon →ISBN:
- His eyes were closed, his mouth opened. His breathing, irregular for three, then four, then five breaths, returned to its normal, soundless rhythm. Stubbled overlip and wet underlip moved about some final, silent word: […]
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