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prettygoodwordtulipant (too-li-PANT) - n., (obs.) a turban; (obs.) a tulip.
This and both of the words it means all come from Turkish tülbent, turban, from Classical Persian dulband/dōlband, turban, from dōl/dawl, revolving, + band, band/tie. Yes, the flower is named after turbans, for a supposed resemblance. For both meanings, tulipant was only used in the 17th century. And no, Wimsey didn't use the word, nor Sayers for that matter -- it was in a chapter epigraph taken from The Anatomy of Melancholy, which is just about the most 17th century prose work to have ever prosed.
---L.
This and both of the words it means all come from Turkish tülbent, turban, from Classical Persian dulband/dōlband, turban, from dōl/dawl, revolving, + band, band/tie. Yes, the flower is named after turbans, for a supposed resemblance. For both meanings, tulipant was only used in the 17th century. And no, Wimsey didn't use the word, nor Sayers for that matter -- it was in a chapter epigraph taken from The Anatomy of Melancholy, which is just about the most 17th century prose work to have ever prosed.
---L.
