Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also (obsolete), of a person: having hair curled in this manner. · Of a body of water, skin, etc.: having a surface which is rippled or wrinkled. · Synonym of crispate (“of a leaf: having curled, notched, or wavy edges”); crisped. · Clear; also, shining, or smooth.
In full potato crisp: a thin slice of potato which has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack. · Sometimes with a descriptive word: a crispy, savoury snack made of some other ingredient(s) (such as cornmeal or a vegetable) which is baked or deep-fried and eaten like a potato crisp. · A type of baked dessert consisting of fruit topped with a crumbly mixture made with fat, flour, and sugar; a crumble. · A banknote; also, a number of banknotes collectively.
The adjective is derived partly from the following: * Etymology 1, adjective sense 1: Middle English crisp (“curly, wavy”), from Old English crisp (“curly”), from Latin crispus (“of hair: crimped, curly”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kris-, from *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). * Etymology 1, adjective sense 2: from the above, and probably also onomatopoeic, representing a crinkling or crunching sound. Doublet of crape and crepe. Adjective etymology 1, adjective sense 2.2.3 (“of air, weather, etc.: cool and dry”) is transferred from a description of frost or snow as “crisp”, that is, crunchy. The noun is derived partly from the following: * Middle English crisp (“light, crinkled fabric; kind of pastry; crinkliness or roughness of skin”), from crisp (adjective) (see above). * Modern English crisp (adjective) (“having a consistency which is hard yet brittle”).
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- Root classification mention*(s)ker-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentioncrispenm · curly, wavy
- Inherited-form mentioncrispang · curly
- Derivation mentioncrispusla · of hair: crimped, curly
- Derivation mention*kris-ine-pro
- Doublet mentioncrapeen
- Doublet mentioncrepeen
- Inherited-form mentioncrispenm · light, crinkled fabric; kind of pastry; crinkliness or roughness of skin
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