Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Curled or ruffled, as the margins of certain leaves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a crisped appearance. In botany, same as
crisp , 2. - In entomology, specifically applied to a margin which is disproportionately large for the disk, so that it is uneven, rising and falling in folds which radiate toward the edge. If these folds are curved, the margin is said to be undulate; if they are angular, corrugate. Also
crisp .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having
curled ,wavy ornotched edges
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective wavy or notched and curled very irregularly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin crispātus, past participle of crispāre, to curl, from crispus, curly; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
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reesetee commented on the word crispate
Irregular and wrinkled. I feel this way sometimes. ;-)
June 12, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word crispate
a source of irritation
August 4, 2009
bilby commented on the word crispate
And what does Cris say about you, I wonder?
August 4, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word crispate
JM shudders at the thought of a crispate wave in the manner of a Mexican Wave.
March 10, 2010