See Also: wapper(medicine)
wapper(dictionary)

prothalamium (iou) and wapper (iou)


prothalamium (iou)



prothalamium noun. . L16.
[from Prothalmion, title of a poem by Spenser (1597), after epithalamion var. of EPITHALAMIUM: see PRO-2.]
A song or poem in celebration of a forthcoming wedding.

wapper (iou)



wapper verb intrans. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
[Perh. cogn. with WAVE verb1: cf. Dutch wapperen swing, oscillate, waver.]
Blink one's eyes. Also, tremble.
Comb.: wapper-eyed adjective blinking, bleary-eyed.