Palp Definition
pălp
palps
noun
Webster's New World
One of a pair of elongated, often segmented appendages usually found near the mouth in invertebrate organisms such as mollusks, crustaceans, and insects, the functions of which include sensation, locomotion, and feeding.
American Heritage Medicine
(very rare, nonce word, used only by James Joyce) A fleshy part of a fingertip or an act of touching.
Wiktionary
verb
To feel, to explore by touch.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Palp
Noun
Singular:
palp
Plural:
palpsOrigin of Palp
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For verb: From French palper, from Latin palpare, palpari (“to stroke, touch softly, feel").
From Wiktionary
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French palpe from New Latin palpus from Latin a touching pāl- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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For noun: From New Latin palpus (“a feeler"), from Latin palpare (“to stroke, touch softly, feel").
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