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uncrisp

adj

Etymology

From un- + crisp.

  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”
  6. prefixed as uncrisp — “un + crisp”

Definitions

  1. Not crisp.

  2. To become less or not crisp.

    • [The] metal [of the coach], jouncing on the track, massaged his behind and his pants, uncrisping, were as wet from the mangy dog as from the sweat pouring out between his legs.

  3. To stop contorting or tensing (a part of one's body)

    To stop contorting or tensing (a part of one's body); to cause to be no longer contorted or tensed.

    • When his miserable life is over they lay him out—that is, they pull his legs, and try to uncrisp his fingers,
    • She also lay white and twisting on a couch, crisping and uncrisping her little hands.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To stop being contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).

      • She saw his fingers uncrisp, then grip the shelf again.

    2. To stop (something) from rippling or undulating.

      • Behold your Neptune, with his Trident there, Vncrisps the Billows, smoothing them like Glass;

The neighborhood

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