crispation
Definitions
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- noun The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
- noun A slight twitch of a muscle.
Examples
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Those people have been suffering for so long from a state of crispation at all levels (politically, economically, intellectually and culturally).
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And today have been in a crispation of energy and ill-temper, raking my wretched mail together.
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A crispation of interest passed over the congregation; every chin was raised.
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Accordingly he had a "crispation of nerves," which obliged him to take a large cut-glass decanter and hit her on the head with it.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
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He shut his eyes, and a nervous crispation caused the fingers of his hands to close themselves with such force, that the grasp of that which held her little palm hurt her.
Note
The word 'crispation' comes from French.