crispy

English

Etymology

From Middle English crispy (“crisped, curly”), equivalent to crisp +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪs.pi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪspi

Adjective

crispy (comparative crispier, superlative crispiest)

1. Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.

   These biscuits are very crispy.

   Baked rolls should be crispy.

   • 1671, Tho[mas] Jordan, London’s Resurrection to Joy and Triumph, Expressed in Sundry Shews, Shapes, Scenes, Speeches, and Songs in Parts; […], London: […] Henry Brome […], page 3:

     […] on his Head a long and criſpy hair, […]

2. (slang) Denoting something is impressive or desirable; cool, awesome; fresh.

Usage notes

The word crispy relates to prepared food. The word crisp may be applied to other referents, including non-prepared foods such as lettuce and other objects such as paper, with essentially the same meaning.

Derived terms

• crispily
• crispiness
• crispy critter
• crispy seaweed
• crispy water
• ultracrispy

Translations

having a crisp texture

• Arabic: مُقَرْمَش m (muqarmaš), مُقَرْمَشَة f (muqarmaša)

  Egyptian Arabic: مقرمش m (meʔármeš), مقرمشة f (meʔarméša) كريسبى (kerésbi, kerézbi)

• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: maragsip

• Bulgarian: хрупкав (hrupkav)
• Catalan: cruixent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脆的 (cuì de)

• Czech: křupavý (cs)
• Danish: sprød, knasende
• Finnish: rapea (fi), (colloquial) rapsakka (fi)
• French: croustillant (fr) m
• German: knusprig (de)
• Hebrew: פָּרִיךְ (he) m (parích)
• Hungarian: ropogós (hu)
• Italian: croccante (it) m
• Macedonian: крцкаво (krckavo)
• Malay: rangup
• Māori: pakapaka
• Norwegian: sprø
• Occitan: cruissent m
• Persian: سخت‌ترد (fa) (saxt-tord)
• Polish: chrupki (pl), chrupiący (pl)
• Portuguese: crocante (pt)
• Romanian: crocant (ro) m or n
• Slovak: chrumkavý
• Spanish: crujiente (es)
• Swedish: krispig (sv), knaprig (sv), frasig (sv)
• Tagalog: malutong
• Thai: กรอบ (th) (grɔ̀ɔp)
• Ukrainian: хрусткий (xrustkyj)

Noun

crispy (plural crispies)

1. (informal) The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat.

Anagrams

• cypris