Home › Words › L › labretlabret/ˈleɪbɹɪt/labret means A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.labret is pronounced /ˈleɪbɹɪt/.EtymologyFrom Latin labrum (“lip”) + -et; modelled on anklet, bracelet, etc. Sometimes incorrectly assumed to be of French origin.nounA body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.e.g.“Purchas, speaking of the use of a labret by certain Mexicans, makes Peter Martyr say “that he doth not remember that he ever saw so filthy and ugly a sight,[…]” — 1889, Henry Colley March, “The Meaning of Ornament; or its Archæology and its Psychology”, in Transactions of the Lancashire and Chesire Antiquarian Society, volume 7, page 162:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).