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crisp
CEFRB1
/kɹɪsp/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Firm, dry, and easy to break or bite.
- 02
adjective
Clear and sharp in appearance, sound, or writing.
Examples
People will fry to a crisp in the sun today.
You have a very crisp way of speaking.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsSenses relating to curliness.
Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also (obsolete), of a person: having hair curled in this manner.
Synonym of crispate (“of a leaf: having curled, notched, or wavy edges”); crisped.
More examples
In contextOur customers in the produce department expect crisp apples and firm bananas.
The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.
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Origin
adjective
The adjective is derived partly from the following: * Etymology 1, adjective sense 1: Middle English crisp (“curly, wavy”), from Old English crisp (“curly”), from Latin crispus (“of hair: crimped, curly”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kris-, from *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). * Etymology 1, adjective sense 2: from the above, and probably also onomatopoeic, representing a crinkling or crunching sound. Doublet of crape and crepe. Adjective etymology 1, adjective sense 2.2.3 (“of air, weather, etc.: cool and dry”) is transferred from a description of frost or snow as “crisp”, that is, crunchy. The noun is derived partly from the following: * Middle English crisp (“light, crin...