lollipop
意味
- ラリポップ(キャンデーを棒の先につけた菓子), ロリポップ
例文
I loved lollipops when I was little.
幼い頃、ペロペロキャンディが大好きだったな。
When I was a kid, I loved lollipops.
子供のころ、ペロペロキャンディが大好きだったよ。
This lollipop is too sweet.
このペロペロキャンディ、甘ったるいわね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
By surface analysis, loll (“laze, hang loose”) + y + pop (“shot, try, burst, enter”); likely through lolly (“head, tongue”). Attested from 1784. Compare lollygag and lollypoop. An unlikely derivation is from Romani loli (“red”) + phabaj (“apple”); candy apples are often red and placed on a stick to keep the person's hands dry, similar to lollipops. However candy apples were not well-known until a century after the first known use of the word lollipop, and the original lollipop was likely a small item like modern penny candy.