FILLIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fillip mean? 

• FILLIP (noun)
  The noun FILLIP has 1 sense:

1. anything that tends to arouse

  Familiarity information: FILLIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILLIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything that tends to arouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bonus; fillip

Context example:

his approval was an added fillip

Hypernyms ("fillip" is a kind of...):

positive stimulus (a stimulus with desirable consequences)

 Context examples 

Never mind fine clothes and jewels, now: all that is not worth a fillip.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentlemen, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be:—Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a fillip.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)