Reverse Dictionary: CRISP

CRISP, CRISPNESS

ADJECTIVES
1587 CRIMP crisp; firm in structure, but yielding to pressure; brittle → obs.
1731 SMOPPLE crisp, brittle, crumbling, as ‘smopple’ wood, or a ‘smopple’ pie crust → Eng. dial.
1865 NEPPY crisp, brittle → Eng. dial.
1889 CRIPSY crispy; crisp → Amer. dial.


NOUNS
1440 CRISPHEAD crispness → obs.
1745 CRISPATURE crisped condition


VERBS
1761CRISPEN to make crisp
1917 CRIPS to crisp → Amer. dial.