Lipstick etymology

English

English word lipstick comes from English lip, English stick

Etymology of lipstick

Detailed word origin of lipstick

Dictionary entry Language Definition
lip English (en) (sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.. To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader.. To touch with the lips; to kiss or lick; to lap the lips against something.. To utter verbally. (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.. (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.. (by extension, countable) The [...]
stick English (en) (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.. (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. (British, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule. (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint. (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky. (botany, transitive) [...]
lipstick English (en) (transitive) To apply lipstick to; to paint with lipstick. (countable) A stick of this make-up.. (uncountable) makeup for the lips.