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noun, feminine

ripopée

/ʁi.pɔ.pe/

noun, feminine/ʁi.pɔ.pe/plural: ripopées

a mixture of different leftover wines made by a tavernkeeper; a mixture of liqueurs or sauces; hodgepodge, farrago, mishmash; scum; scoundrel; molasses, treacle

Composed of ri + pop + ée, the first element shortened from ripaille (“feast”) and the second from the sound pop-, imitative of lips sipping a liquid, comparable to Latin papare (“to eat pap”).