sb. and a. [a. Sw. Lapp, possibly in origin a term of contempt: cf. MHG. lappe simpleton. In med.L. the name was Lap(p)o (pl. Lap(p)ones), whence F. Lapon; see LAPPONIC.] A. sb. One of a Mongoloid race (called by themselves Sabme), characterized by dwarfish stature, inhabiting the north of Scandinavia. B. adj. Pertaining to this race, Lappish; also absol. the Lappish language.
1859. Thulia S. Henderson, Mem. E. Henderson, 64. The huts where a party of Lapps were located.
1879. J. A. H. Murray, Addr. Philol. Soc., 46. Used in several cases as a supine in Finn and Lapp.
