crispation
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
crispation (plural crispations)
- (archaic) The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
- (archaic) A slight twitch of a muscle.
- crispation of the muscles
- crispation of the stomach
- 1887, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Our Hundred Days in Europe:
- Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations.
References[edit]
- “crispation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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French[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
crispation f (plural crispations)
Further reading[edit]
- “crispation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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