Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A line of reflection of the endyma of the brain upon any tela or plexus.
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Examples
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The bad news is that river and rival aren't actually related, since the Latin word ripa 'river bank,' the root of river, is of unknown etymology; the good news is that rival has a very interesting etymology which is the real focus here: it's from Latin rivalis 'one using the same stream as another, a rival,' from rivus 'stream.'
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A riparian forest buffer - "ripa" is Latin for "bank" or "shore" - can capture and act upon water from any source.
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October 14th, 2008 10:58 pm ET i love mrs. ripa! she always does a great job making anderson uncomfortable. lol
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Dont “blaine” me if you “ripa” blood vessel on your face!
Beat 360° 9/22/08 2008
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I only saw it in the word ripjägare, so I didn't know it was ripa on its own.
Where are they now? StyleyGeek 2007
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'Sopranos': Will there be Julianna More-gulies? | EW.com 2006
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Tartari de Rutenis mixtim, qui transponunt nuncios euntes, et redeuntes ad curiam Baatu: quia Baatu est in vlteriori ripa versus
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Rutenis in ripa orientali, qui transferant nuncios et mercatores cum nauiculis.
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De Oceano mari non potuerunt intelligere, quod esset sine termnino vel sine ripa.
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Habet etiam prædictum flumen magnam syluam in ripa Occidentali.
qroqqa commented on the word ripa
and far from dark Messapian trappings choose
a sun-kind ripa of philosophy
—Peter Porter, 'Too Many Miracles', in Dragons in their Pleasant Palaces
Familiar in Latin, of course, "bank", but I haven't seen it used in English. It's hard to quote sufficient context from a poem while not treading on copyright toes.
March 29, 2009