Labret
/ˈleɪ.brət/noun
A decorative ornament worn in a pierced lip.
Did you know?Labret entered English through French and ultimately comes from Latin labrum, meaning “lip,” making it a rare body-adornment word whose history is literally built into the mouth.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
labrum
“lip”
Late Latin
Latin
labretum
“a lip ornament or lip ring”
Old French
OF
labret
“a lip ornament”
16th Century
English
labret
“a lip ornament, especially in reference to Indigenous and ancient body adornment”
Modern English
English
labret
“a decorative ornament worn in a pierced lip”