Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of crisping or curling.
- noun The state of being crisped or curled.
- noun A slight involuntary muscular contraction, often producing a crawling sensation of the skin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of curling, or the state of being curled or wrinkled.
- noun In surgery, a slight morbid or natural contraction of any part, as that of the minute arteries of a cut wound when they retract. Mayne.
- noun A minute wave produced on the surface of a liquid by the vibrations of the supporting vessel, as when a moistened finger is moved around the rim of a glass, or when a glass plate covered by a thin layer of water is set in vibration by a bow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
- noun A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or process of
curling , or the state of being curled. - noun A slight
twitch of amuscle .
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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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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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This is, hopefully, the first real demonstration that a new generation of politicians has come to power and will change the habitual crispation that goes along French debates.
The electoral results in France are in: Sarkozy wins by 6 points 2007
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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
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Duroy sentit brusquement une sensation de froid, une sorte de crispation nerveuse, un besoin d'injurier et de gifler ce bavard.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
qms commented on the word crispation
A French croissant's a revelation,
A triumph of morning gustation.
The dull sheen of butter
Sets my heart aflutter
And crunch of the crusty crispation.
April 26, 2016