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crisp

adj
/kɹɪsp/US

Etymology

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, crinkled fabric; kind of pastry; crinkliness or roughness of skin”), from crisp (adjective) (see above). * Modern English crisp (adjective) (“having a consistency which is hard yet brittle”).

  1. inherited from crisp — “light, crinkled fabric; kind of pastry; crinkliness or roughness of skin”
  2. derived from *kris-✻
  3. derived from crispus — “of hair: crimped, curly”
  4. inherited from crisp — “curly”
  5. inherited from crisp — “curly, wavy”

Definitions

  1. Senses relating to curliness.

    • crisp hair
    • A certeyn lightning on his headtop gliſtered harmeleſſe. / His criſp locks frizeling, his temples prettelye ſtroaking.
    • Bulls are more Criſpe vpon the Fore-head than Covves; […]

  2. Senses relating to brittleness.

    • The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
    • Our customers in the produce department expect crisp apples and firm bananas.
    • I Craſſhe [crush] as a thynge dothe that is cryſpe or britell bytwene ones tethe: le creſpe, prime cõiuga.

  3. Senses relating to something brittle.

    • Edward, give me another of those delicious olives. / What's that? Potato crisps? No, I can't endure them.
    • I was buying some crisps and pop when there was a noisy clatter on the bare floorboards and something hit my right heel. It was a white cue ball.
    • Turn you inside out and lick you like a crisp packet
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Senses relating to something curled.

      • They are proud, and vveare their hayre pretty long, and about their criſpes vvreath a valuable Shaſh or Tulipant; […]

    2. A surname.

    3. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

crispbread, crispen, crisphead, crispification, crispily, crispiness, crispless, crisply, crisp mint, crispness, crispy, Honeycrisp, semicrisp, supercrisp, ultracrisp, uncrisp, burn to a crisp, cheese crisp, chili crisp, crisplike, crispwich, piece and crisps, prawn crisp, crisped, crisper, crisping, crisping iron, crisping pin, crisping tongs

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at crisp. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01crisp02brittle03crumble04crumbs05crumb06biscuit07cookie

A definitional loop anchored at crisp. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at crisp

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA